Triple Threat Tomatoes
A colorful and elegant appetizer featuring ripe tomatoes topped with three distinctive spreads - chickpea slather, black olive spread, and pesto. Served alongside seasoned ricotta cheese and crusty bread for a delightful starter.
8 servings
20 min
Ingredients
- •8 whole large ripe tomatoes, 3 inches in diameter
- •¾ cup Chickpea Slather
- •¾ cup Black Olive Spread
- •¾ cup pesto (store-bought or homemade)
- •1 leaf basil leaf
- •2 cups ricotta cheese (fresh or packaged) or 1 pound of ripe Taleggio cheese
- •3½ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- •1 to taste Freshly ground black pepper
- •1 loaf Crusty bread
- •for serving
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
1. Cut each tomato into three 1/2-inch slices. Spread 8 of the slices with about a tablespoon each of Chickpea Slather. Dress 8 other tomato slices with the Black Olive Spread. Top remaining slices with the pesto. Arrange all the tomato slices on a decorative platter garnished with the basil leaf.
15 min
- 2.
2. Place the ricotta in a medium-sized bowl; drizzle with oliveoil and sprinkle with pepper. Serve the ricotta and bread alongside the tomato platter.
5 min
