BROILED TOMATOES
Instructions:
- This recipe is a simple two-step process with fantastic results, especially if you use the best possible fresh tomatoes. To save on fat and calories, skip the searing-in-oil step and put raw tomatoes straight onto the broiler pan topped with salt, bread crumbs, cheese, and herbs
- 6 medium, fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup hard dry bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
- Core the tomatoes, then cut them in half through the middle (not through the stem end).
- Heat the olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until it releases its aroma (about 5 minutes). Place the tomatoes, cut sides down, into the hot oil and cook for 5 minutes, or until the cut sides are brown and look crispy.
- Scoop the tomatoes out with a spatula and place, cut sides up, on a broiler pan sprayed with olive oil cooking spray.
- Sprinkle tomatoes with salt, bread crumbs, cheese, and basil.
- Broil the tomatoes on a broiler pan until the cheese melts and the tomato tops are a deep, crisp, golden brown. Serve hot or warm.
- Serves 6.