Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 30 min.

Peel 6 tomatoes.

Cut across the stalk end to form a flat base, leaving the largest possible dome.

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Stage 2 - 5 min.

Remove flesh inside tomatoes with a teaspoon or a pommes parisiennes spoon (easier), and keep all that you remove.

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Stage 3 - 3 min.

Salt inside tomatoes, and leve upside down on a tray.

Set aside.

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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.

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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.

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Stage 6 - 5 min.

Blend peas, and if possible pass through a fine strainer to remove skins and get a very smooth puree.

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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.

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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.

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Stage 9 - 5 min.

Fill tomatoes with this mix.

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Stage 10 - 5 min.

Place a tomato upside down on a serving plate, coat with remaining olive oil-lemon juice mix.

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Stage 11 - 5 min.

With a very sharp knife, cut out tiny circles of olive, as thin as possible.

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Stage 12 - 19 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.

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Stage 13

For adults you could make a quicker version without olives.

Remarks

Nutritional information

How much will it cost?

• For 6 tomatoes : 7.12 €
• Per tomatoes : 1.19 €

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• These are simply adorable JH. I must save this idea and share it with my blog visitors. Thank you!
  Posted by Louise august 31^th 2009 at 18:52 (n° 1)

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