heirloom tomato tartines // handmade pesto

Swooooooshhhhhhh...that was August flying by - I mean really, August with all its beauty this year seemed not to want to stay very long. This Summer has absolutely flown by - this recipe today was actually suppose to be shared with you in August, as I type this I find myself suddenly thrown into the month of September- does anyone else feel this way?

Not to fear, at least in this part of the country, heirloom tomatoes are still gracing the tables of farmers markets and stands - in all of their glorious juicy goodness. You know you picked the bets of the best when you bite into a freshly salted heirloom tomato and you are covered in tomato juice with a bit running down your chin. So messy, but so good.

One of  my favorite parts of summer is the copious amounts of basil - so fragrant and never disappointing. Along with making jam as a Summer must, making a big batch of pesto is  one too. Pesto freezes beautifully. I love  adding a cube to winter stews. roasted potatoes + pasta - a little bit of Summer to brighten the dreary winter days.

Pine Nuts are really quite special in pesto - NOW carries an organic version which is pretty awesome as organic pine nuts have been proven hard to find at my local grocers.

My local farmer at Picnic Rock Farms grows the absolutely best garlic I have ever come across - it is sweet and mellow // I downright hoard this garlic for the winter.

Another thing I hoard- Jacobsen Sea Salt // a luxury that I use sparingly. 

Hand picked + sorted sea salt, totally splurge worthy.

Nooch replaces the traditional parm in the pesto - add as little or as much as you'd like!

Another love of mine - ciabatta bread! If i'm not careful I can eat an entire loaf in a day. Grilled, buttered, as a sammie- any which way , I'm totally smitten.

(I LOVE using this silcone large ice cube tray for freezing pest + tomato paste!)

I want you to make this at home with the help of NOW!

(1) 8oz bag Certified Organic Pine Nuts

(1) 16.9 bottle Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

(2) boxes Organic Quinoa  Spaghetti

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Heirloom Tomato Tartines // Handmade Pesto
makes 1 cup pesto + 2 tartines

you will need:

2 slices Ciabatta Bread // grilled or not

Pesto

4 slices Heirloom Tomatoes

good flaky sea salt

for the pesto

2 cups basil leaves

1/3 cup pine nuts
1-2 cloves of garlic

2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1/4 - 1/3 cup good olive oil

salt to taste

assembly:
In a food processor place basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic + nooch and process fro about 30 seconds or until nuts begin to breakdown.

With the processor running drizzle in olive oil until well blended or to your likeness.

Add salt to taste and pulse a few times to incorporate.

To assemble the tartines- spread one side of 2 slices of good bread with pest, layer with slices of heirloom tomatoes and sprinkle with good flaky sea salt.

Enjoy!

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