Tomato confit canapés
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 30 mins to 1 hour
- Serve
- Makes 24 canapés
These stylish vegetarian canapés make impressive party food to serve with drinks.
Ingredients
- : 250g/8oz ready-made shortcrust pastry
- oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
- cherry tomatoes: 125g/4oz cherry tomatoes, halved
- thyme: 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- bay leaf: 1 fresh bay leaf
- garlic: 1 garlic clove, unpeeled, halved
- black peppercorns: 1 tsp crushed black peppercorns
- sun-dried tomatoes: 8 sun-dried tomatoes
- olives: 50g/2oz pitted black olives
- basil: 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
- black pepper: salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
Roll the pastry out to a 0.25cm/â…›in thickness and cut out 24 circles from it using a 5cm/2in pastry cutter.
Place the circles onto a baking tray and prick all over with a fork.
Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until cooked through and golden-brown. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and add the tomatoes, thyme leaves, bay leaf, garlic and crushed peppercorns. Fry gently for 4-5 minutes, then remove from the heat and set aside to cool. Remove the bay leaf and garlic.
Blend the sundried tomatoes and olives to a paste in a food processor, then stir in the basil and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
To assemble the canapés, spread a little of the olive paste onto each pastry circle and top with a spoonful of tomato confit.
Recipe tips
The tomato confit and olive paste can be made ahead of time and chilled in the fridge until needed.
