Recipes With Tomatoes As Main Ingredient

Food/Cooking - Types of Food

By: DanielDB 09-Jul-2012

Introduction:

The earliest tomatoes known to us originate from the lower Andes in South America and were small yellow fruits, more or less the size of today's cherry tomatoes. These tomatoes were imported to Europe for the first time in the 16th century, but only for their 'ornamental' value as it were believed that the fruit itself was toxic.

Today, a kitchen without this delicious and versatile tomato is unthinkable. However, the best tomatoes as every tomato lover knows are the succulent, vine-ripened ones bought in season from local farms or grown in home gardens.

Here are my top five recipes with tomatoes as main ingredient.

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

. 2 cups cooked rice
. 1 tsp. salt
. 1 Tbsp. sweet peppers, chopped
. 1 Tbsp. chopped onion
. 6 big tomatoes
. ½ tsp. Marmite or Bovril

Select firm, ripe tomatoes. Cut slices from the stem ends. Remove the centers. Mix salt, onions, and green peppers. Add Marmite or Bovril dissolved in a little juice of the tomato. Add part of the pulp removed from the centers. Fill tomato shells, bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes or until brown on top. Serve on bed of cooked rice.

Chili Sauce

. 4 cups tomato pulp
. 2 minced onions
. ¼ tsp. salt
. 4 Tbsp. honey
. ½ Tbsp. celery salt
. ½ tsp. chili pepper

Cook all the ingredients together until thick. Stir often to prevent tomatoes from sticking. Cook slowly. Two tablespoons or more lemon juice may add to the flavor, but this is optional.

Cream of Tomato Soup

. 2 cups tomato pulp
. ¾ cup soy bean milk
. 2 Tbsp. flour
. Salt to taste

Heat the tomato pulp gradually to the boiling point, and thicken with the flour made smooth with a little cold water. Heat the milk in a pan; take off stove and pour the tomato gradually into the milk, stirring constantly. Salt to taste, strain and serve.

Tomato Anchovy Salad

. 4 large firm tomatoes
. 1 can chopped anchovies
. 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
. Water cress chopped
. 1 large lettuce

Cut the tops off the tomatoes, turn upside down and allow to drain after removing the pulp. Chop this pulp and mix with the chopped anchovies, hard-boiled egg and cress. Pile back into tomato cases and serve on bed of lettuce.

Tomato Tart

. 1 onion, sliced
. 4 large tomatoes, sliced
. 1 Tbsp. butter
. ¼ cup milk
. 2 slices bread
. ½ cup cooked ham, sliced
. Salt and pepper to taste
. Pinch sugar
.½ cup grated Cheddar cheese

Fry the onion and tomato gently in the butter. Meanwhile, remove crust from bread slices, pour over the milk to soften it, and then beat well. Add this to the cooked tomatoes and onion, together with the ham and season well. Add the sugar. Put in greased oven dish. Cover with a layer of cheese and place in moderate pre-heated oven just long enough for the cheese to melt.

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hummingbirdee 7/9/2012
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These are all great ways to use tomatoes in recipes. I planted some tomatoes this year and will keep these ideas in mind.