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May Recipe

A warm welcome back to Barry, who has devised yet another recipe for you to try!

This started off as a way to use lots of frozen cherry tomatoes!  I had a glut last year and I have lots in the freezer.  It worked well, but (a) it was more of a side dish than a full meal, and (b) not everyone has tomatoes in their freezer, so I have adapted it slightly. (You may notice the similarity to a Kirton Dessert here.)

In a cookable (oven or microwave) dish, lay a tortilla. Break into pieces and then spread over the tortilla some corned beef (tin or a pack).  I used a pack from the deli. counter and cut it into squares whilst still in the pack.

Now the secret (and weird) ingredient. Open a beef flavour Pot Noodle and sprinkle the powder in over the corned beef, retaining the noodles in the pot.  Then smash the noodles in the pot so they are of short length - less messy to eat - and sprinkle them over the corned beef.  Add the contents of the sauce sachet if there is one: don't waste it!

Open a tin of chopped tomatoes and spread in the dish, rinse the tin with about 1/2 tin of water and add, then add another tortilla, and then there are two choices.  I sliced a large tomato and added this as another layer and then added another tortilla.  Or, if it is tomato-y enough for you, just go for the final layer, cheese on top of it all.

Cook in a fan oven 160 C for an hour.  Or in a microwave, 5 minutes full power, an hour at 10 %.

Picture below is of half of it that had been cooked in the oven.  My cheese was sliced as you can see, but grated would be fine as well.  I could have eaten both halves but didn't!

The home grown cherry tomatoes added a spicier finish, but the tinned tomatoes were good too.