Slow-Baked Tomatoes

Name: Slow-Baked Tomatoes
Yield: Makes 6 Side-Dish Servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3 cloves garlic, minced and then crushed with the flat side of the knife; 30 fresh basil leaves; 6 tomatoes, stemmed; 1½ cups grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil

Preparation info

Makes
6
Side-Dish Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

Most recipes for baked tomatoes call for a relatively high oven temperature. This recipe calls for a low oven temperature, so the tomatoes lose their moisture and their flavor concentrates without burning the edges or scalding the bottoms.

Ingredients

6 tomatoes, stemmed
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves ga

Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Cut the tomatoes in half through the equator and squeeze the seeds and juices out of each half as shown.

Select a baking dish just large enough to hold the tomatoes in a single layer and rub with the 1 tablespoon olive oil. Arrange the tomatoes, flat side u