Baked Tomatoes

Name: Baked Tomatoes
Ingredients: 8-10 tomatoes, thickly sliced; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 4 teaspoons brown sugar; 125-175 g (4-6 oz) butter, cut into tiny pieces; 50 g (2 oz) breadcrumbs

Preparation info

4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

About

This is a delicious way to cook tomatoes as a vegetable dish. It keeps all their delicate natural flavour. You should use home-made breadcrumbs. The kind sold in packets are not suitable.

Ingredients

8-10 tomatoes, thickly sliced
salt and pepper
4 teaspoons brown sugar

Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Arrange the tomatoes in a shallow ovenproof dish. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with the sugar. Dot with the butter and cover with breadcrumbs. Bake in the oven at 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4) for about 20 minutes.