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Ingredients
6 really big tomatoes,2 balls of mozzarella,
12 basil leaves,
4 pieces cooked red peppers from a jar,
2 tbsp pesto,
or red pesto,
6 slices ciabatta or crusty bread, toasted and brushed with olive oil,
Instructions
Ask a grown-up to turn the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Cut the tops off tomatoes (keep tops) and scoop the insides into a sieve set over a bowl.Cut the mozzarella into chunks and snip or tear up the basil leaves.
Sit the tomatoes in a baking dish. Add a few chunks of mozzarella into each tomato.
Put a few torn basil leaves into each one.
Tear or snip the red pepper into pieces, then add a piece to each tomato. Add more mozzarella, basil and pepper in layers until each tomato is full.
Put a blob of pesto in each tomato, then put the tops back on. Pour over the juices from the tomato insides. Ask a grown-up to put them in the oven for 20 mins.
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