Broiled Tomatoes

Name: Broiled Tomatoes
Yield: Yield: 4 Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil, optional; 2 ripe tomatoes (about ¾ pound); Freshly ground pepper to taste; 2 garlic cloves, cut into thin slivers; Salt to taste, if desired

Preparation info

Yield:
4
Servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

2 ripe tomatoes (about ¾ pound)
Salt to taste, if desired
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Americas
United States
Dinner
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the broiler to high.
Cut the core from each tomato. Cut each tomato crosswise in half. Arrange the halves, cut side up, on a rack and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stud each tomato half with equal portions of the garlic slivers. Sprinkle with oil.
Place the tomatoes under the broiler and broil about 5 minutes, or until the garlic slivers start t