Tomatoes and capers tartare, with its pesto

A wonderful recipe of tomato tartare, a recipe to savor in good company.

This tartare brings a lot of freshness and a delicious explosion of tastes thanks to the marriage of beautiful Italian tomatoes, red onion and round capers. Capers will bring a touch of "peps".

Ingredients for 4

• 6 Italian tomatoes
• 1 handful of large capers (round capers in Quebec)
• 1/2 bunch of parsley
• 1/2 red onion
• 4 tablespoons pesto
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• olive oil
• pink Himalayan salt and black pepper

You will find in notes a pesto recipe, but you can also buy the pesto.

Preparation

1. Cut the tomatoes in small dice, after having seeded them, and let them disgorge a few minutes.
2. Finely chop the onion and parsley.
3. Slice round capers.
4. In a bowl, mix the balsamic vinegar and the olive oil. Add salt and pepper. Add the tomatoes, onions, parsley and capers, and mix everything.
5. Place a cookie cutter on a plate and spread a spoonful of pesto on the bottom. Then add the tomato tartare.
6. You can add a spoon of pesto and decorate with round capers.

You can also serve it in small verrines, or in salad.

Enjoy fresh.

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Notes for the homemade pesto:

You'll need:

• 1 bunch of fresh basil
• 1/3 cup pine nuts
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 80 gr of pecorino (for people allergic to lactose) or grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 cloves garlic
• the juice of 1/2 lemon
• pink salt of the Himalayas

Put all the ingredients, except the oil, in a robot, and chop them finely. Stir in the oil, stirring until the mixture is homogeneous.