How to Prepare Tasty Savory Stuffed Tomatoes

Savory Stuffed Tomatoes. Season tomato cavities with salt and pepper. In a medium bowl, combine the stuffing, chives, and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Sprinkle tomatoes with salt and pepper. Stuffed tomatoes are a delicious beef steak tomato with the tops cut off and the flesh removed. They are then stuffed with a combination of Italian sausage, or the sausage of your choice, onion, minced garlic, pepper, rice, and mozzarella cheese. You can have Savory Stuffed Tomatoes using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Savory Stuffed Tomatoes

1. It's of Stuffing.
2. It's 2 of large tomatoes.
3. Prepare 8 oz of ground turkey.
4. It's 1 of small red onion diced.
5. It's 1/2 cup of arborio rice.
6. You need 1 tbsp of butter.
7. It's 1 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice.
8. Prepare 1 cup of water.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro, loosely packed.
11. Prepare 1/4 cup of feta cheese.
12. You need of salt and pepper.
13. You need 2 clove of garlic, minced.
14. It's of Topping.
15. You need 2 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese.
16. You need 2 tbsp of italian style breadcrumbs.
17. It's of drizzle olive oil.

Extra ingredients can be added to the stuffing if you wish. Place the cored tomatoes on the sheet. In a bowl, mix the cooked rice with the basil, mozzarella, asparagus, beans, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. Stuff the tomatoes with the rice mixture, then top with Parmesan cheese.

Savory Stuffed Tomatoes instructions

1. Turn oven to 400°F. Cut tops off tomatoes and scoop out pulp with small spoon or paring knife..
2. Lightly salt and pepper insides of tomatoes and rest upside down on paper towels to drain for 10-15 minutes..
3. In large non-stick skillet, brown ground turkey, diced red onion, and minced garlic on medium heat until turkey is cooked through. Transfer to medium bowl..
4. Melt butter in sauce pan and add rice, stirring until rice appears translucent..
5. Add lemon juice to rice and turn to medium heat, stirring for another 1-2 minutes. Then add water and bring to a rolling boil. Cook until rice is soft and water is absorbed..
6. Add cilantro to cooked rice and stir. Add rice to ground turkey mixture. Add feta cheese and salt & pepper to taste, mix well..
7. Set tomatoes in greased casserole dish and pack with stuffing..
8. For topping, mix together parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs, and drizzle with olive oil. Mix until moist, and sprinkle generously over tomatoes..
9. Bake tomatoes uncovered at 400°F for approximately 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown..

Spoon hot mixture into shells, dividing evenly. Parmesan in a small bowl or ramekin. Tomates farcies (stuffed tomatoes) are both filling and fun. The tomatoes are hollowed out and stuffed (in this case, with a savory ground beef mixture), and then baked to perfection. The farce peeks out of the tomatoes in acoquettish sort of way, and children love lifting up the tomato "hats" to see what lies underneath.