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Tomato ladybirds
Tomatoes filled with a tuna mayonnaise and rice mixture, in a fun ladybird shape that kids will love, served with a puree of fresh garden peas. A good way to encourage them to eat vegetables.
1 hour 50 min.
Easy
7.15 €
6 tomatoes
13 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
For 6 tomatoes, you will need:
- 1
6 tomatoes - 2
fine (or table) salt - 3
200 g peas - 4
3 tablespoons olive oil - 5
1 tablespoon lemon juice - 6
2 radishes - 7
3 tablespoons mayonnaise - 8
50 g tuna in oil - 9
50 g cooked rice - 10
1 bunch chives - 11
10 blacks olives - 12 salt
- 13
pepper - Total weight: 1,135 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 40 min.
Cooking: 10 min.
All in all: 1 hour 50 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 30 min.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.
Remove flesh inside tomatoes with a teaspoon or a pommes parisiennes spoon (easier), and keep all that you remove.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Dispcard tomato seeds, keeping the flesh and cut off pieces (minus hard green stalk end), chop roughly, salt and leave to stand in a strainer.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.
Boil a pan of salted water, put in 200 g peas and cook until soft (2 or 3 minutes usually).
Remove from pan, drain and put into cold water. Drain again when peas are cold, then dry.
Remove from pan, drain and put into cold water. Drain again when peas are cold, then dry.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.
Blend peas, and if possible pass through a fine strainer to remove skins and get a very smooth puree.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.
Mix 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Add 2 tbs of this mix to the pea puree, salt, pepper, and keep covered in the fridge.
Add 2 tbs of this mix to the pea puree, salt, pepper, and keep covered in the fridge.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 10 min.
Prepare stuffing: cut 2 radishes into very small pieces, put in a bowl, add 3 tablespoons mayonnaise, 50 g tuna in oil, 50 g cooked rice, 1 bunch chives chopped, and the chopped tomato flesh. Mix well.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.
Fill tomatoes with this mix.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 5 min.
Place a tomato upside down on a serving plate, coat with remaining olive oil-lemon juice mix.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 5 min.
With a very sharp knife, cut out tiny circles of olive, as thin as possible.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 20 min.
Stick olive circles on tomato to get the ladybird effect. Tip: position them with the point of a knife.
Make the head with 1/2 olive and 2 blades of chives, then surround with pea puree.
Do this with all your tomatoes, and serve without delay.
Make the head with 1/2 olive and 2 blades of chives, then surround with pea puree.
Do this with all your tomatoes, and serve without delay.
Stage 13
For adults you could make a quicker version without olives.
Remarks
With this recipe you will become a god or goddess of cooking for your young children or grand-children. After this they will frequently ask you to make ladybird tomatoes again... To make it a real surprise, close the kitchen door if possible while you cook, and then see their eyes open wide when you put the plates on the table.
To cook rice, use the pilaf method or rice-cooker.
To cook rice, use the pilaf method or rice-cooker.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.
Source: Home made, from a photo seen in a women's magazine a long time ago.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 40 RDI=10 % | 90 RDI=8 % | 220 RDI=30 % | 2,090 RDI=110 % | 8,750 RDI: 110 % |
| Per 100 g | 3 RDI=1 % | 7 RDI=1 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 180 RDI=9 % | 770 RDI: 9 % |
| Per tomatoes | 6 RDI=2 % | 10 RDI=1 % | 40 RDI=6 % | 350 RDI=20 % | 1,460 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 tomatoes : 7.15 €
- Per tomatoes : 1.20 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked rice
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Rice and fresh spinach salad, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Seafood rice salad, Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, ... See them all 28
Tuna in oil
Like these other recipes: Pan bagnat, Tomato, mustard and tuna cake, Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, Gribouille dressing, Rice and fresh spinach salad, ... See them all 24
Black olives
Like these other recipes: Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, Salade Niçoise, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Greek salad, Tapenade, ... See them all 8
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