Tomato Heart Skewers
With just a slice and a twist, you can turn cherry tomatoes into these adorable little hearts. Place them on a skewer along with some other simple ingredients and you have these amazing tomato heart skewers. The heart shape makes them perfect for valentines day, but they are delicious and simple enough to make any time.
Why should you make tomato heart skewers?
They are so simple. Just 4 ingredients, slice and assemble.
It is an adaptable recipe. Simply leave out or swap any ingredients that don’t work for the people who will be eating these.
They are made with love. Yes, I know that is a little bit cheesy. But its valentines day and it’s a heart shaped food so its absolutely made with love, right?
They are perfect for a picnic. Make as many as you need to share with friends and family. You cant go wrong with skewers for picnics. We made these for a cute family valentines day picnic lunch!
Making your tomato hearts
Making little tomato hearts couldn’t be easier.
– Make one angled cut through the middle of your mini tomato.
– Turn the tomato pieces so that the narrowest edge of each piece becomes the bottom point of the heart and the two ends become the upper curves of the heart.
– Press the two halves together and use a skewer to secure them
This same method can be used for gherkins too! With an even more drastic heart shape. Make an angled cut at each end of of a whole gherkin turn the pieces to form a heart shape and skewer them together.
Serving ideas
You can mix and match the shapes and flavors of your skewers to whatever combo you like.
I have used tomato, Camembert, pepperoni and spinach. My kids said that these tasted like a fancy pizza on a stick!
Some other great options are…
- Chicken salad style with tomato, cucumber, chicken and lettuce.
- Cooked sausages or meatballs with tomato, capsicum and cheese would be a great idea.
- Make some gherkin hearts and do a pickles, pineapple, cheese and ham skewer
- You can even simply make individual tomato heart skewers with toothpicks and place them into burgers or sandwiches as a sweet little finishing tough
Tomato Heart Skewers
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Cut your cheese into 12 similar sized pieces and lay out your tomatoes, pepperoni and spinach in a way that is easy to grab one piece at a time
- Prepare your tomato hearts. Make one angled cut through the middle one of your mini tomatoes. Turn the tomato pieces so that the narrowest edge of each piece becomes the bottom point of the heart and the two ends become the upper curves of the heart. Press the two halves together and use a skewer to secure them.
- Next you will place the remaining ingredients onto your skewers. You can do this in any order this is the order that I have done for mine.
- Tomato heart, spinach, folded pepperoni, spinach, cheese, tomato heart, cheese, spinach, folded pepperoni, spinach and finally tomato heart.
- Repeat the process until you have completed all 6 of your skewers.
- Serve immediately or store, covered, in the fridge until serving time.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through my tomato heart skewers recipe. I hope you enjoy trying this out for yourself. Please feel free to add any questions or comments below. I am happy to help out wherever possible and I would love to hear how this recipe worked out for you.
