Baked tomatoes

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 8 tomatoes, aromatic or giant mushrooms
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 4 garlic cloves, approx.
• 50 g Parmesan or Pecorino, grated
• 50 g breadcrumbs
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• possibly mozzarella – minis or cubes
• Sea salt
• pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

for the antipasti buffet or as a side dish to grilled meat

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Halve the tomatoes and remove the stems and seeds. Season the tomatoes generously with salt and pepper and place them cut-side up in a large, shallow baking dish. Chop the parsley, press the garlic cloves through a garlic press or finely chop them, and mix well with the breadcrumbs, Parmesan or Pecorino cheese, and olive oil. Spread this paste over the tomatoes and press down firmly. You can also fill the tomatoes with mozzarella cubes and then spread the paste on top. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes, until the paste is lightly browned. Instead of tomatoes, you can also use mushrooms; they taste very good too.