Easiest Way to Make Perfect Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes. Tomatoes hollowed out and stuffed with canned tomatoes with green chile peppers, bread crumbs, cheese and smoked sausage. Substitute the fresh flesh of the tomatoes for the canned tomatoes with chiles, if you like. I made these baked stuffed tomatoes with meat and cheese using hot house tomatoes grown at a local farm.

This stuffed tomato recipe is prepared Greek-style with a hearty, flavor-packed stuffing mixture of ground meat, rice with onions, garlic, fragrant spices like cumin, oregano, and nutmeg, and fresh herbs. A generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil helps these stuffed tomatoes as they bake to delicious, tender perfection. Using a small spoon, scoop out insides, then place tomatoes upside-down on a paper towel. You can cook Stuffed tomatoes using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Stuffed tomatoes

1. It's 1 cup of stove top cornbread stuffing.
2. Prepare 6 medium of vine ripened tomatoes.
3. You need 1/2 cup of Romano parmesan cheese grated.
4. You need 1/4 lb of mozzarella cheese slices about quarter inch thick.

Halve the tomatoes and put in one layer in a shallow ovenproof dish. Spread each cut side with a little mustard, then sprinkle a little of the crumb mix on the top. Juicy, healthy and bursting with fresh and vibrant colors and flavours! Gemista or yemista (which in Greek means 'filled with') is a traditional recipe for Greek stuffed tomatoes and/or other vegetables that are baked, until soft and nicely browned.

Stuffed tomatoes step by step

1. Preheat oven 400°Fahrenheit.
2. Cut top off tomatoes hollow each one out.
3. mix tomato parts that were hollowed out with cooked cornbread stuffing and cheese.
4. Add to oven safe dish and add mozzarella cheese slices.
5. Bake in oven for 25 minutes if they tip over stabilize with aluminum foil.

Season tomatoes with salt and pepper and place in a baking dish. Mix together bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, basil, thyme, cheese and red pepper, if using. Roasted Stuffed Tomatoes are extremely easy to make. And the ingredients are very inexpensive too. I love it when a recipe is easy and cheap, but has phenomenal results in terms of taste and presentation.

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