Pressed Tomato Cake with Peppered Goat’s Cheese

Although it was viewed with suspicion for hundreds of years, the tomato has become one of the most popular fruit/vegetables in the country, particularly when used in soups and ketchup. Here, I’ve brought together tomatoes and cheese – goat’s cheese would have been much more common in the past – in a dish that makes a wonderful starter or main course. The flavour of the home-made tomato ketchup gives a good, strong lift to the finished dish. It’s not essential to use the ketchup, but the fla