Tomato Tomatoes

Name: Tomato Tomatoes (Tomates à la tomate)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 12 tomatoes, weighing about 1.5 kg (3 lb 6 oz) altogether; salt, coarse and fine, freshly-ground pepper; salt, coarse and fine, freshly-ground pepper; salt, coarse and fine, freshly-ground pepper; salt, coarse and fine, freshly-ground pepper; 1 clove of garlic, peeled; 2 onions; 1 very small sprig of bayleaves; 1 sprig of thyme; 15 g (½ oz) butter; a few parsley stalks; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; 5 tablespoons arachide oil

Tomates à la tomate

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

12 tomatoes, weighing about 1.5 kg (3 lb 6 oz) altogether

Europe
France
Side dish
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Take 8 of the tomatoes and plunge them into a pan of boiling water for 30 seconds. Refresh them in cold water and skin. Cut them across in two, and squeeze them gently in the palm of your hand to remove the pips. Cut them into small even dice.
Chop the onions and crush the garlic. Prepare a bouquet garni with the herbs. Wash the 4 remaining tomatoes but don’t p