Tomatoes, mozzarella and toast!

I've been seeing a lot of pictures of tomatoes on burrata on Instagram and Pinterest lately, and I'm not sure if it's just having a revival at the moment or the interwebz is reading me again. But after days and days of seeing variations of these flavours every time I check my social media, I had to have it.

Only problem is, I couldn't find burrata anywhere! Dagnabbit! This wasn't going to deter me, though, so mozzarella it is!

Here's a recipe I love to make for my husband and I when we can't decide what to have for dinner, or for a weekend lunch.

Braised tomatoes on mozzarella with toast 
(serves 2)

• A healthy glug of olive oil
• 2 pints cherry tomatoes
• A fistful of roughly chopped basil
• 4-5 smashed cloves of garlic
• A pinch of sea salt
• 2 balls of mozzarella
• Crusty toast 

1. Heat the olive oil in a braiser or pan, doesn't have to be fancy, add the tomatoes, basil, garlic and sea salt, cover and simmer on low-medium heat for 20 minutes. 
2. Uncover, pop in the oven under the broiler on medium heat for about 5 minutes
3. Remove from the oven, and pour over the mozzarella (or even better if you have burrata!) in a bowl and serve warm with toast 

Easy peasy, and super satisfying!

Quick and tasty lunch option

There's a bakery in town called The Bread Shop where they serve one of the best lemon tarts I have ever had. Something else they also have on the menu is healthy and light lunch options! We went there for a quick lunch yesterday, and I ordered this amazing tomato and cheese on toast that they have. It was so good, and such a filling lunch, too, that I got cravings for it when I woke up today.

It's a good thing I also bought a load of their "broom bread", which is basically super high fibre bread, to attempt to recreate the lunch I had yesterday! Easy enough, though probably not as aesthetically pleasant as theirs was... I realize now that I should have probably used room temperature sliced cheese, as opposed to pre-grated cheese straight from the fridge.

Anyway, give it a shot, it's good for breakfast, lunch, or even a snack.

2 slices of tomato (per bread)
Cheese of choice (I used grated gruyere, to cover the top)
Thick slice of good bakery bread

Preheat the oven to 200C, assemble the ingredients for the open faced sandwich on a baking sheet, bake for 7-9 minutes. Serve warm.

Cheers!
x Nabs