ROASTED TOMATO & RICOTTA TOAST
Roasted Tomato & Ricotta Toast is warm toast slathered with ricotta cheese and topped with garlicky roasted tomatoes. Perfectly enjoyable as breakfast, or served with some soup as a light meal option.
Ingredients
- 4 - 6 slices bread
- 250 g baby tomatoes (approx. a cupful)
- ½ tsp oregano dried
- ¼ tsp pepper powder
- ¼ tsp red chilli flakes
- 100 -150 g ricotta cheese (approx. ½ cup)
- 3-4 cloves garlic peeled and sliced
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Switch on the broiler or grill of the oven to 200°C.
- First, wash the tomatoes. Wipe them dry with a kitchen towel.
- Line a baking tray with some parchment paper.
- Take a small oven proof dish and add the tomatoes.
- Add to the tomatoes 2 tbsp olive oil, chopped garlic, oregano and salt. Mix well.
- Brush one side of the slices with the remaining oil. Save some to brush on the other side.
- Arrange the bread slices on the prepared tray. One the side also put the oven dish with the tomatoes in it.
- Roast the bread slices and tomatoes for 10 minutes.
- Remove the tray from the oven, quickly turn over the bread slices. Brush them with the remaining olive oil.
- Return the tray to the oven and roast for another 5 -10 minutes. Make sure the bread slices do not get burnt.
- In the meantime mash the ricotta cheese in a bowl.
- Remove the tray from the oven.
- Add pepper powder and chilli flakes to the roasted tomatoes and mix carefully.
- You will see a bit of the flavoured olive oil in the dish with tomatoes.
- Spoon that liquid to the ricotta cheese and mix.
- Apply the ricotta cheese on the toasted slices.
- Divide the roasted tomatoes according to the number of bread slices toasted.
- Top the ricotta with the roasted tomatoes and serve immediately.
- Can garnish with fresh basil, mint or oregano.
Notes
- The number of slices required will depend on the size.
- Use any bread of your choice.
- Add herbs of your choice.
- Replace ricotta with paneer or feta if you wish.
- To serve as a starter, use small slices of bread like baguette.