Tomato Tarte Tatin

175g plain flour
125 g butter
25g finely grated Parmesan
course ground black pepper
8 tomatoes
2tsp brown sugar


Put the flour, 75g diced chilled butter, Parmesan cheese and black pepper, into the food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
Grease either 2 15cm sandwich cake tins or a 20 cm metal flan dish. Put the flour mixture into the tins and spread evenly, firm with finger tips and put into fridge to chill.

Halve the tomatoes lengthwise. Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan place the tomatoes in the pan cut side down. Sprinkle with the brown sugar. Allow to cook gently until the tomatoes start to soften but have not lost their shape.

place the tomatoes evenly on top of the flour mixture, and pour the butter and sugar mixture over the tomatoes.

Bake in oven at 180c for about 30 mins until the edges of the base start to turn golden.

Serve warm with a green salad.