Best Tomatoes Stuffed With Blackfish Recipes

BLACKFISH WITH TOMATOES, BASIL AND LITTLENECK CLAMS

Steps:

• Season the blackfish with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, with a lid, over medium heat, heat the olive oil and butter. Add the fish and saute on each side for 3 minutes. Remove the fish and keep warm.
• To the pan, add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and cook 2 minutes. Add the basil and wine and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer. Place the fish back in the pan over the tomatoes.
• Place clams around sides of saute pan. Return to simmer and cover with the lid. Cook until clams open, about 3 minutes.

BAKED STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 11x7 inch baking dish.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. While bacon is cooking, wash tomatoes and slice off stem ends. Gently scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/2 inch wall. Finely chop pulp and place 1/3 cup of it in a medium bowl. You may discard remaining pulp.
• Stir crumbled bacon, green pepper, cheese, croutons, and salt and pepper into tomato pulp. Spoon an equal amount of mixture into each hollowed out tomato. Place stuffed tomatoes into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until heated through. Garnish with parsley sprigs.

TOMATOES STUFFED WITH BLACKFISH

Steps:

• Arrange the fish on a plate and place in a steamer. Place on the stove and bring to a boil. Steam for six to eight minutes, until the fish just flakes but is still quite moist and barely cooked. Let cool to room temperature and then flake, separating the fillets into one-inch pieces. You should have approximately two cups.
• Cut off the top third of each tomato and press each base lightly to extract a little of the juice and seeds. Using a measuring tablespoon (because it has sharp edges), remove the inside of each tomato base and top. (This flesh, and the ''lids,'' will amount to approximately one and a quarter pounds and can be used in the bean recipe instead of the plum tomatoes.)
• To make the vinaigrette, combine the mustard, red-wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Add the cucumber, radish, scallion and garlic to the vinaigrette and stir to combine. Gently fold in the fish and coriander so as not to break the fish too much.
• Arrange the tomato receptacles in a gratin dish and stuff lightly with the fish mixture, heaping the filling. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until time for the picnic. (The tomatoes can be stuffed a few hours ahead and refrigerated, but should be eaten at room temperature for best flavor.)

VERONICA'S STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut the top quarter off of each of the tomatoes and reserve for later. Scoop out the pulp from the insides of the tomatoes and add to a blender. Sprinkle the tomato shells with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Season the pulp with the basil, broth, oregano, garlic, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt. Blend on high speed until smooth, then pour the puree into a medium bowl. (You should have about 2 1/4 cups.) Add the tomato puree to the pulp puree and stir to combine. (It should yield 2 3/4 cups. If it doesn't, add more puree.) Stir in the rice.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Spread the potatoes on the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Toss well to combine. Nestle the tomatoes into the diced potatoes. Fill each tomato almost all the way to the top with the rice filling. Place the tops back on the tomatoes. Pour any remaining filling around the tomatoes and over the potatoes. Drizzle the whole dish with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and bake until the tomatoes are blistered on the outside and the rice is cooked through, 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Serve with a grating of Parmesan, if desired.

STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut the tops off of the tomatoes and use a knife to cut around the inside, separating the flesh from the skin. Scoop out the flesh. Place the tomatoes in a small baking dish. In a small bowl combine the canned tomatoes with the bread crumbs, 1/3 cup of cheese and the sausage; mix well. Spoon the mixture into the tomato skins and top with the remaining 1/3 cup of cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.