Something on the side

I have a little something for you. Did you ever have one of those days where you're just not in the mood for potatoes, rice or pasta but you want to serve something with your meat. Well this is a great little side dish and so easy to throw together.

You just have to roll out some store bought puff pastry until it will fit in your tart tin. Cover it with baking paper and put some baking beans or rice on top. Bake for 10 mins in an oven at 180C. Then remove the paper and beans and cook for another 10 mins to brown. The center will puff up so you need to smush (official term) it back down. Lay some large slices of big beef tomatoes down the center and some little cherry tomatoes along the edges. Sprinkle with lots of salt and bake for a final 15 minutes. Once it's cooked drizzle with some good olive oil and lots of cracked black pepper.

This tart even tastes great cold. I know because I devoured it for lunch the following day. I just love a multi-purpose dish.