FOOD FROM EUROPE

BRATISLAVA - SLOVAKIA

Stuffed Tomato in bread crumbs

Ingredients:

• 4 tomatoes
• 1 small zucchini
• 2 tbs butter
• Salt - to taste
• White pepper - to taste
• 2 tsp. Basil
• 1 clove garlic - pressed
• Butter to grease pan
• Bread crumbs

Instructions:

• Cut off the tops of the tomatoes and scoop out the insides. Wash the zucchini and cut into little cubes.
• Fry the zucchini in a buttered pan with salt and half of the Basil.
• Mix bread crumbs with the rest of the Basil and the pressed garlic. Preheat the oven to 250 Celcius. (450 F).
• Fill the tomatoes with the cooked zucchini and add salt and pepper to taste. Roll these in the bread crumbs with basil and garlic.
• Put tomatoes on a buttered pan and put the rest of the butter on the tomatoes. Back for about 10 minutes. Makes 2 portions.
• You can serve this as a side dish with steak, lamb, pork,... Or you can serve this as a main vegetable dish.
• Instead of zucchini you can try mushrooms. 250 g mushrooms washed. Cut up the mushrooms and simmer in pan with cut spring onions in butter. Add 2 cl dry cherry and 150g table cream. Add to the tomatoes and cook the same as above.