Tomato Tart With Pesto And Oregano

Nothing can altogether overthrow and destroy [the church]. Its members may be persecuted, oppressed, imprisoned, beaten, beheaded, burned; but the true church is never altogether extinguished; it rises again from its afflictions; it lives on through fire and water. When crushed in one land it springs up in another. The Pharaohs, the Herods, the Neros, have labored in vain to put down this church; they slay their thousands, and then pass away and go to their own place. The true Church outlives them all, and sees them buried each in his turn. It is an anvil that has broken many a hammer in this world, and will break many a hammer still; it is a bush which is often burning, and yet is not consumed.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains	Sami	Food networ, Food3	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3		Tomatoes, plum or on the
		vine
2	T	Pesto
150	g	Puff pastry
1		Egg white
1		Hand rocket
6		Parmesan cheese shavings, up
		to 8
1	T	Balsamic vinegar
2	T	Olive oil
		Little lemon juice
		Truffle oil, optional
		Salt and pepper
1		Pinches dried oregano
60	g	Parmesan cheese, freshly
		grated
60	g	Basil leaves
30	g	Parsley
30	g	Pine kernels
15	g	Walnuts
15	g	Pistachio nuts, blanched and
		skinned
2		Cloves garlic, peeled and
		chopped
250		Olive oil
		Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Roll out the puff pastry to 1/2cm thick and cut into a 15cm ring  disc.
Rest for 15 minutes in a cold place.  Cut out the stalk from the tomato
and slice thinly. Brush the puff  pastry disc with the egg white and
arrange the tomato slices  overlapping on top. Season generously with
salt and pepper and  oregano. Bake in the oven at 220C. After 10
minutes of the baking  time drizzle pesto on top. Bake for a further 5
minutes, remove from  the oven and brush lightly with the truffle oil.
Mix olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Add a
tablespoon of this vinaigrette dressing to the rocket with a little
lemon juice and pepper. Mix well.  Place the tart on a plate. Top with
the rocket and garnish with the  Parmesan cheese shavings. Drizzle a
little of the balsamic dressing  around the tart. This tart absorbs a
lot of seasoning.  Put the cheese, herbs, nuts and garlic in a food
processor. Add half  the oil and process until the ingredients are
finely chopped. With  the motor running, gradually add the remaining
oil through the feed  tube. Season to taste with salt and pepper and
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4895 Calories From Fat: 3095 Total Fat: 347.6g Cholesterol: 982.3mg Sodium: 5384.8mg Potassium: 5976.5mg Carbohydrates: 133.1g Fiber: 37.9g Sugar: 9.9g Protein: 317.4g

Let us settle in our minds this great truth, that Jesus Christ was verily and indeed Man. He was equal to the Father in all things, and the eternal God. But He was also Man, and took part of flesh and blood, and was made like unto us in all things, sin only excepted. He had a body like our own. Like us, He was born of a woman. Like us, He grew and increased in stature. Like us, He was often hungry and thirsty, and faint and weary. Like us, He ate and drank, rested and slept. Like us, He sorrowed, and wept, and felt. It is all very wonderful, but so it is. He that made the heavens went to and fro as a poor, weary Man on earth! He that ruled over principalities and powers in heavenly places, took on Him a frail body like our own. He that might have dwelt forever in the glory which He had with the Father, amidst the praises of legions of angels, came down to earth and dwelt as a Man among sinful men. Surely this fact alone is an amazing miracle of condescension, grace, pity, and love.

J.C. Ryle