Tomatoes Stuffed With Lamb And Pine Nuts
Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- 4 tomatoes (vine ripened with stalk still attached work best)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, finely sliced
- 1/2 onion, finely diced
- 200 g ground lamb
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon breadcrumbs or 1 tablespoon bread stuffing mix
Recipe
- 1 cut the tops off the tomatoes to form the lids, and set to one side. carefully scoop out the seeds and jelly of the tomatoes with a teaspoon and set aside.
- 2 heat up the oil in a smallish saucepan. add the onion and cook until translucent. add the garlic and cook a further minute.
- 3 add the lamb mince and cook until lightly browned.
- 4 add the pine-nuts, reserved tomato flesh and breadcrumbs. cook a further minute or 2 until the mixture is well combined. add some water to the mixture if it’s cooking too quickly.
- 5 place the tomatoes in shallow baking dish. spoon the lamb mixture into each tomato, ensuring that they're firmly stuffed.
- 6 place the lids on top of the tomatoes and push down on top of the mixture.
- 7 cover with foil and bake in a moderate oven for 20-30 minutes.
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