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Jo Pratt's Tenderstem, ricotta & cherry tomato fingers

Tasty puff pastry fingers topped with Tenderstem, ricotta and cherry tomatoes by food writer Jo Pratt

• Preparation: 10 mins
• Cooking: 15 mins
• Serves: 14

What you need:

• 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
• 250g ricotta cheese
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 50g Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• Salt and pepper, for seasoning
• 200g Tenderstem broccoli tips
• 14 cherry tomatoes, halved
• Oil for greasing

What you do:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.
2. Unroll the pastry from the packet, and cut into 14-16 rectangles. Place the pastry pieces on to a lightly oiled baking tray and prick each one a couple of times with a fork.
3. Mix together the ricotta, eggs, roughly two thirds of the parmesan, garlic and season with salt and pepper. Once smooth, spoon onto the pastry pieces and spread lightly with the back of the spoon, leaving a small border of pastry around the edge.
4. Arrange a piece of Tenderstem and two tomato halves per pastry piece on top of the ricotta mixture and press down gently. Scatter over the remaining parmesan.
5. Place in the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes until the filling has set and is becoming golden.
6. Remove from the oven and serve hot, warm or at room temperature.

Cook's tip:

Jo says: 'These tasty puff pastry fingers are easy to prepare and wonderfully versatile. Not only can you have them as part of a picnic, for lunch, tea or as a snack during the day, they could also become your prepare-ahead party food favourite. So all in all, this is certainly a recipe all the family (and your friends) can enjoy.'

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Tenderstem

Tenderstem is a vegetable that's sweet, packed with good things and cooks in moments. And, because it's delicious from stem to tip, nothing needs to be discarded.