Stuffed Tomatoes ‘Greek-Style’

Name: Stuffed Tomatoes ‘Greek-Style’
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 courgettes, diced; 4 tennis-ball-sized tomatoes; Splash of olive oil, plus more for drizzling; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 onion, diced; Sprinkling of caster sugar; 1 tablespoon chopped mint; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 100 g basmati rice; 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

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By Anthony Demetre

Published 2008

About

These stuffed tomatoes go well with lamb dishes and whole roast fish. They also make an excellent starter. Get the best-quality, ripest tomatoes of this size you can find which are still fairly firm.

Ingredients

4 tennis-ball-sized tomatoes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sprinkling of caster sugar
Splash

Europe
United Kingdom
Starter
Side dish
England
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas 3½.

Carefully slice off the top of each tomato and set aside – you’ll be using them later as ‘lids’. Scoop out the flesh and all the seeds, taking care that each tomato’s basic structure remains intact, and place in a bowl. Season the scooped-out t