Stuffed Tomatoes For Lunch Or Dinner
Recipe: #22835
February 08, 2016
Categories: Pork Sausage, Tomato, Brunch, Mothers Day, Oven Roast, Gluten-Free, Fresh Tomatoes, more
"These stuffed tomatoes are a meal in themselves and good to serve for lunch or light dinner with a side salad. It is great to use with summer tomatoes when they are at their best, but good too with good quality supermarket vine ripened tomatoes. Source: Open-House Cookbook"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (412.6 g)
- Calories 378.2
- Total Fat - 23.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.9 g
- Cholesterol - 82.3 mg
- Sodium - 369.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 25.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.9 g
- Sugars - 8.1 g
- Protein - 18.2 g
- Calcium - 219.9 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 40.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Slice the tops off the tomatoes and discard. Using a spoon or small paring knife, remove the pulp from the tomatoes and reserve pulp setting it aside.
Step 2
Sprinkle the inside of each tomato shell with salt and pepper. Invert the shells onto paper towels and let drain for 20 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute for 5 minutes.
Step 4
Add the sausage and cook, crumbling the meat with a fork or wooden spoon into small pieces, just until the meat begins to lose its pink color. Stir in the reserved tomato pulp and the vinegar; simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
Step 5
Reduce the heat to low and stir in the rice, basil, and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes and remove from heat.
Step 6
Lightly beat the egg and stir it into the filling mixture. Stir in pine nuts (or walnuts), half the mozzarella, and half the Parmesan.
Step 7
Preheat oven to 375-degrees F.
Step 8
Place the tomato shells in a baking dish just large enough to hold them.
Step 9
Spoon the filling into the shells, mounding it slightly on top. Sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake the tomatoes for 25-30 minutes.
Step 10
Serve slightly warm or a room temperature.
Tips
No special items needed.