Vine ripened tomato stuffed with couscous salad

Name: Vine ripened tomato stuffed with couscous salad
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: a sprig of rosemary; a sprig of fresh thyme; 50 ml olive oil; 12 tomatoes on the vine; 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced; 50 ml balsamic vinegar; 1 x Charred Vegetable and Couscous Salad recipe

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

This makes an exciting summer starter, when tomatoes are at their best. To change the dish to a main course, simply stuff two fillets of seabass with the couscous salad, tie with string, drizzle with olive oil and bake in the oven. Delicious!

Ingredients

1 x Charred Vegetable and Couscous Salad recipe
12 tomatoes on the vine
50 ml

Starter
Main course
Sensational
Summer

Method

Make the Charred Vegetable and Couscous Salad.
Bring a pan of water to the boil, criss-cross the bottom of the tomatoes. Fill a bowl with iced water. When the water is boiling, put the tomatoes in and count to 10 seconds, then plunge into the iced water. Peel using a small knife but be careful not to remove the stem. Cut the top of the tomatoes to form a lid an