Sweet ginger roast tomatoes

Name: Sweet ginger roast tomatoes
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 4 firm but ripe tomatoes (about 6 ounces each); 2 tablespoons sugar; ¼ cup dried currants, chopped; 2 tablespoons minced orange zest; ¼ cup unsalted pistachios, chopped; 1 tablespoon peeled and minced ginger; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon candied ginger, minced; ¼ cup almond powder, more or less; 6 tablespoons brown sugar; 6 tablespoons butter, softened

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

Served hot with vanilla ice cream, this is a most unusual, elegant, and instantly likable dessert. After all the tomato is a fruit. The two kinds of ginger give it zing, but the combination of plenty of butter and brown sugar creates a butterscotch flavor that makes the dish familiar and homey.

Ingredients

4 firm but ripe tomatoes (about 6 ounces each)
2 tablespoons sugar

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Summer

Method

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Cut a ¼-inch slice from the smooth end of each tomato (reserve these slices) and use a spoon to scoop out all of the insides, leaving a wall about ¼ inch thick. Sprinkle the tomatoes inside and out with the white sugar. Discard the woody