CRISPY-CREAMY BURRATA & HOT HONEY TOMATO TOAST WITH
Seed Crunch
Serves 2
What You’ ll Need
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon honey
• ½ teaspoon chilli flakes( or storebought Hot Honey if available)
• 2 thick slices sourdough bread
• 1 ball of burrata
• salt & black pepper
For the seed crunch topping
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon sunflower seeds
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• pinch of salt
Let’ s Cook
1. For the seed crunch topping, toast all seeds in a dry pan until they begin to pop and smell nutty. Add the olive oil and salt, toss quickly, then remove from the pan and set aside to cool.
2. Heat olive oil in the pan, add the cherry tomatoes and cook until they split and char slightly.
3. Add balsamic vinegar, honey and chilli flakes and let it bubble into a sticky, glossy glaze with the soft, collapsing tomatoes.
4. Toast the sourdough until deeply golden and crisp at the edges but still chewy in the centre.
5. To assemble, tear the burrata over the warm toast so it melts slightly into the bread. Spoon over the hot-honey tomatoes and the syrup onto the toast.
6. Scatter generously with seed crunch while everything is still warm, so you get crisp-oncream-on-chewy in every bite.
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