Wondering what to make for dinner? Want simple, different, delicious and easy to make on a budget? That’s what we were thinking when we couldn’t decide what to make. We just wanted something that tasted really good, didn’t require hours in the kitchen or a grocery list of ingredients.
So between the pantry, fridge and herb garden we settled on flour, eggs, basil, oil and luckily we had some pine nuts handy. “Fondant Cherry Tomatoes” hadn’t even been thought up at that moment in time – it was more about “I want to make something but I don’t know what and I don’t want to go to the supermarket and it’s too late to defrost meat or leftovers”… Sound familiar? I’m sure we all have one of those days at some point.
So in under an hour we had our pesto sauce made, some basil oil done and ready to go and our pasta was made, resting and ready to cook. That was when we decided it would look good with some colour on the plate… bruchetta! Tomatoes, basil and balsamic! In under 5 minutes we had a roasting pan, cherry tomatoes seasoned and drizzled with balsamic. Colour and deliciously paired flavours!
Enjoy!
Pesto: |
3 cups fresh basil |
3/4 cup pine nuts |
2-3 garlic cloves |
2 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil |
Basil oil: |
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves |
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil |
Fondant Cherry Tomatoes: |
2 vines cherry tomatoes |
2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar |
salt and pepper to season |
Extra: |
Basil sprigs to garnish |
Balsamic vinegar to drizzle in the basil oil. |
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