Tomatoes Au Gratin

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 900 g tomatoes (2 lb)
• 50 g butter (2 oz) or 50 g margarine, softened (2 oz)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 ml sugar (1 teaspoon)
• 20 ml fresh basil, chopped (4 teaspoons)
• 5 ml sugar (1 teaspoon)
• salt
• pepper
• 300 ml cream (10 oz)
• 50 g dried breadcrumbs (2oz)
• 25 g parmesan cheese (1 oz)

Recipe

• 1 skin the tomatoes by putting them into a bowl, adding boiling water and leaving them for 20 seconds, drain and plunge them into cold water, the skins should come off easily.
• 2 slice the tomatoes thinly.
• 3 grease a baking dish well with some butter, arrange a layer of tomato slices evenly on the bottom of the dish and then sprinkle with some of the garlic, sugar, basil, salt and pepper.
• 4 add a thin layer of cream and repeat with more tomato sllice layers until all ingredients are used.
• 5 mix the parmesan cheese and the breadcrumbs together and srinkle over the top.
• 6 drizzle any remaining butter over the top.
• 7 bake in the oven at 189 c (350 f) for 40 minutes until golden brown.
• 8 serve hot.