Personally I don't care for Fried Green Tomatoes, unless we're talking about the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. Here's a Red Fried Tomatoes recipe I came up.
Ingredients:
2 Plum tomatoes cut in half lengthwise
6 Tbsp. fresh basil, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. salt
5 tsp. extra virgin olive oil, plus 2 Tbsp. for frying
4 heaping tsp. shredded Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Mix together the 5 tsp. of olive oil, basil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Spread mixture on cut side of each tomato half.
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in small skillet over medium low heat. Place tomatoes, mixture side down, in the skillet and cover. Simmer for 3 minutes, turn over and sprinkle each half with 1 heaping tsp. of the cheese. Cover and simmer 2 more minutes.
Serve immediately but tasty at room temperature, too.
Both of these two recipes sound great. I can almost taste the tomatoes and I think they would go good with some simple garlic and cheese bruchetta.
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10/14/2009
linguistmarcie, I am going to try your gramma's recipe, too! :-)
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10/14/2009
This looks great. I'm going to try it with the tomatoes I just bought. Here's one that my grandma taught me: sliced tomatoes (fairly thick slices)
Dredge in mixture of flour, salt and a little bit of black pepper. Also sprinkle with a tiny pinch of sugar on each side. Cook in a little bit of oil in a frying pan till nicely browned on each side (the sugar helps with the browning and adds a great sweetness to them!)