Pomodori Ripieni con Pesto Pangrattato

Name: Pomodori Ripieni con Pesto Pangrattato (Tomatoes with Pesto Breadcrumbs)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 100 g Crisp Breadcrumbs; a large handful of basil (have plenty to hand); very good olive oil; 10 ripe plum tomatoes; 50 g pine nuts; 50 g Parmesan, grated

Tomatoes with Pesto Breadcrumbs

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Alastair Little's Italian Kitchen

By Alastair Little

Published 1996

About

Serve as part of an antipasti, and these tomatoes are also excellent as a garnish for roast lamb.

Ingredients

10 ripe plum tomatoes
very good olive oil
salt and pepper
a large handful

Europe
Italy
Starter
Side dish
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 140–150°C/275–300°F/Gas 1–2. Oil a baking tray or gratin dish just big enough to hold the tomatoes in a single layer. Moisten this tray with a little water.

Cut the tomatoes in half longitudinally, and scoop out the seeds (one use for a melon baller, but a t