Easy stuffed tomatoes

• 6 really big tomatoes↗
• balls of mozzarella↗2
• basil leaves↗12
• pieces cooked red peppers↗4

  from a jar

• pesto↗2 tbsp tbsp

  or red pesto

• slices ciabatta↗6

  or crusty bread, toasted and brushed with olive oil

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Ask a grown-up to turn the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Cut the tops off tomatoes (keep tops) and scoop the insides into a sieve set over a bowl.

2. 2

   Cut the mozzarella into chunks and snip or tear up the basil leaves.

3. 3

   Sit the tomatoes in a baking dish. Add a few chunks of mozzarella into each tomato.

4. 4

   Put a few torn basil leaves into each one.

5. 5

   Tear or snip the red pepper into pieces, then add a piece to each tomato. Add more mozzarella, basil and pepper in layers until each tomato is full.

6. 6

   Put a blob of pesto in each tomato, then put the tops back on. Pour over the juices from the tomato insides. Ask a grown-up to put them in the oven for 20 mins.