Blue Cheese Broiled Tomatoes
This recipe involves slicing tomatoes and broiling them with a sprinkle of sugar, basil, salt, and pepper. Then, melted butter, bread crumbs, and blue cheese are combined and spooned onto the tomato slices before broiling until the crumbs are browned. It's a quick and easy appetizer or side dish that's bursting with flavor.
Equipment
- Broiler rack
- Fork
- Oven or broiler
- Knife for cutting stem
- cutting board
- small bowl
- spoon
Ingredients
- 4 large Tomatoes - 4 large
- 1 tsp Sugar - 5 ml
- 1/2 tsp Dried Leaf Basil - 2 ml
- 1/4 tsp Salt - 1 ml
- dash Pepper - dash
- 1 cup Soft Breadcrumbs - 250 ml
- 2 tbsp Melted butter - 30 ml
- 1/4 cup Crumbled Blue Cheese - 60 ml
Notes
To prepare this dish, start by cutting off the stem ends of tomatoes and slicing each tomato into 2 thick slices. Place the tomato slices on a broiler rack. In a small bowl, combine sugar, basil, salt, and pepper, and sprinkle a little of this mixture on each tomato slice. Place the tomato slices under a hot broiler and broil for about 2 minutes.
In another bowl, melt butter and add bread crumbs, tossing lightly with a fork. Add blue cheese and toss again lightly. Spoon this mixture onto the tomato slices and place them back under the broiler until the crumbs are nicely browned, which should take about 1 minute.
Serve the dish immediately for a delicious and flavorful appetizer or side dish.
Nutrition
Calories: 176kcal
