Bacon & roasted tomato crumpets
5
Points®
Total time: 20 min • Prep: 5 min • Cook: 15 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
The weekend only truly begins after bacon. Ditch your usual fry-up for this healthier twist and you’ll have more of your allowance left for a big night out
Ingredients
Bacon medallions, raw
8 rasher(s), smoked
Cherry Tomatoes
250 g
Olive Oil
½ teaspoon(s)
Salt
1 pinch
Crumpets
4 individual
Basil, fresh
5 leaf/leaves
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas mark 5. Press the bacon medallions between two baking sheets to keep them flat and cook on the top shelf of the oven for 15 minutes.
2
Meanwhile, put the tomatoes on a baking tray, drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt. When the bacon medallions have been cooking for 5 minutes, put the tomatoes in the oven for 10 minutes to roast.
3
Pat the bacon dry on kitchen paper and tear into pieces, then roughly crush the tomatoes.
4
Serve the toasted crumpets topped with the tomatoes and bacon, seasoned with freshly ground black pepper and garnished with the basil leaves.
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