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Tomatoes Provençal

This is a great classic dish of Provençal cuisine: tomato halves topped with a kind of stuffing mixture of breadcrumbs, parsley and garlic.

In this version, they are served on a bed of white rice.

53 K 4.6/5 (29 reviews)

1 hour 9 min. difficulté

Easy

5.15 €

4 people

12 Ingredients

Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 tomatoes
2 fine (or table) salt
3 30 g parsley
4 1 garlic clove
5 1 tablespoon herbes de Provence
6 50 g breadcrumbs
7 salt
8 pepper
9 1 knob butter
10 500 g cooked rice
11 4 tablespoons olive oil
12 2 tablespoons olive oil
Total weight: 1,105 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 35 min.

Cooking: 40 min.

All in all: 1 hour 9 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Peel 4 tomatoes, then cut out and discard the hard stalk end.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Cut the tomatoes in half horizontally.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Sprinkle the tops with fine salt, then turn upside down and stand on a wire rack. Salt the bottoms and leave to drain for a good half hour.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Prepare the stuffing by blending together 30 g parsley (leaves only), 1 garlic clove (peeled), 1 tablespoon herbes de Provence, 50 g breadcrumbs, salt and pepper.

This will give you a nice green crumbly mixture or thick paste.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter a gratin dish and spread the 500 g cooked rice evenly in the bottom.

Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil over to stop it drying out too much in the oven.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the tomato halves, cut side downwards.

Fry for 2 or 3 minutes on this side.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Turn the tomatoes and fry for a further 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Sit the tomatoes on the rice.

Stage 9 - 4 min.

Top each tomato with a generous layer of the stuffing mixture, then trickle a little olive oil over.

Stage 10 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 11

Serve 2 tomato halves per person on a bed of rice.

Remarks

In stage 5, it works well if you use meat juices or a little stock in place of the olive oil.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	40 RDI=20 %	320 RDI=30 %	480 RDI=70 %	1,760 RDI=90 %	7,390 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g	3 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=3 %	40 RDI=7 %	160 RDI=8 %	670 RDI: 8 %
Per person	9 RDI=4 %	80 RDI=8 %	120 RDI=20 %	440 RDI=20 %	1,850 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, leaven, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 5.15 €
Per person : 1.30 €

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