For those craving a pesto with an innovative flavor, our Creamy Tomato Pesto blends our farm-fresh tomatoes, sweet basil, savory mascarpone cheese, garlic, and oil, adding tremendous flavor to your recipes. This sauce can be used in myriad ways to add flavor to your meals. You can pour it over pasta, spread it on a sandwich, add it to a soup, use it as a dip, or even garnish your pizza with it. The possibilities are endless with this versatile sauce that guarantees to elevate your dishes to a whole new level of taste.
Cooking Instructions: Pour over cooked pasta, stir to combine, and serve. For a smoother finish, add a spoonful of pasta water. Also enjoy this sauce as a spread for sandwiches, add it to soup for a deeper flavor, or enjoy as a marinade.
Creamy Tomato & Burrata Bruschetta
INGREDIENTS
- 4 1/4-inch thick slices of Italian bread
- 4 tbsp. Botticelli Creamy Tomato Pesto
- 2 large burrata balls
- 3oz thin sliced prosciutto, about 8 slices
- handful of fresh arugula
- Botticelli Baking Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for baking
- Botticelli Finishing Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for drizzling
- Botticelli Glaze, for drizzling
- flaky salt
- fresh cracked black pepper
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 350°F.
On a parchment lined baking sheet, arrange the slices of bread. Brush each side with olive oil. Bake for about 5 minutes or until toasted. Flip mid way to get all sides equally toasted.
Once the bread is toasted, spread about 1 tbsp. of the Creamy Tomato Pesto on each of the toasts. Then drape 2 slices of prosciutto over so they don't lay flat.
Next, tear the burrata into halves and place the cheese over the length of the toasts.
Then, top the cheese with a couple fresh arugula leaves for a pop of color.
Finish them off with a drizzle of Finishing EVOO, Balsamic Glaze, salt and pepper. Serve them fresh and enjoy!