Recipes > Buffalo Blue & Tomato Tart with Pineapple Pesto Dressing

Cheese Recipe Ingredients

• 6oz Buffalo Blue Cheese
• 4 x 8 inch rounds of puff pastry
• 8 plum tomatoes
• 4oz finely diced fresh pineapple
• 2oz basil leaves
• 1/4 pt olive oil
• 1oz pine nuts
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2oz grated parmesan
• salt & pepper

Cooking Instructions

1. Lay rounds of puff pastry on a baking tray
2. Prick the centre with a fork to make a 1/2 inch border, slice the Buffalo Blue cheese and place in centre of tart
3. Slice 2 tomatoes per person and lay overlapping round the cheese leaving the 1/2 inch border of pastry
4. Put the basil leaves, pine nuts and garlic into a blender and puree together
5. Add oil, parmesan and season
6. Spoon a little pesto over the cheese in the middle of the tart
7. Season the tomatoes with salt & pepper
8. Put into the oven 220c for 10-15 minutes
9. Meanwhile mix the diced pineapple with the rest of the pesto sauce
10. Serve the tart hot with the pineapple pesto dressing around the edge of the plate