Best Baked Italian Tomatoes Recipes

BAKED MAC AND CHEESE WITH ITALIAN STEWED TOMATOES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven at 375 deg. Boil elbow macaroni with small amount of oil and a little salt. Drain and return to the pot.
• 2. Cut up the Velveeta cheese into cubes and put in a microwave friendly bowl. Add the butter to the bowl and microwave on high for 3 minutes. Remove, stir and put it back for 1 minute. Remove and stir and put it back for 1 minute more. Repeat until cheese is creamy and butter melted.
• 3. In a small sauce pan put the 2 cans of stewed tomatoes and heat. Add the spices. When bubbly remove.
• 4. Pour the milk into the macaroni and mix well. Then mix in the cheese. Add the stewed tomatoes, but use a large spoon with holes to drain away the sauce. Save the sauce.
• 5. Mix everything well in the pot and then transfer to a 9 x 14 baking pan. Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese and bake uncovered for 45 minutes. Top should be golden brown. Remove and let it sit for 15 minutes. And serve.

ITALIAN BAKED STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
• Cut a slice from the top of each tomato.
• scoop out insides of tomatoes and mash with hands.
• In a skillet, heat butter and sauté onion, garlic and sausage meat until it is brown and crumbly.
• Stir in tomato pulp and simmer for ten minutes.
• Remove Sausage Mixture from pan, put into a big bowl.
• Add bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and cheese, mixing well.
• Add as much cheese as you would like.
• You may not need all the tomatoe pulp either.
• The final mixture should be kind of sticky, but easily formable.
• Place tomato shells in a shallow baking dish and fill with sausage mixture.
• Bake in for thirty minutes.
• I find that the left over sausage mixture can be put in between the tomatoes, just to bake.
• I also put grating cheese on top of the tomatoes before baking.

ITALIAN BAKED ASPARAGUS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. Put butter in 8 x 8 dish and place in oven to melt. Remove from oven when melted.
• 3. Clean and trim asparagus and place in dish. Sprinkle with half the oregano,cheese and pepper.
• 4. Arrange tomato slices over top. Sprinkle with remaining oregano, cheese and pepper. I usually add moe parmesan.
• 5. Bake 20 minues until asparagus is crisp-tender and cheese starts to brown.

BAKED ITALIAN TOMATOES

Steps:

• Halve and seed tomatoes; invert onto paper towels to drain., In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; spoon over tomato halves. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.