SIDE
Scalloped Tomatoes
How Easy Is That? (p. 170)
Ingredients
- Plum tomatoes 3 lbs
- Garlic 3 cloves
- Basil 1/2 cup
- Sugar 2 tbl
- Bread crumbs 2 cups
- Parmesan cheese 1 cup
Prep
- Tomatoes - 1/2-inch dice
- Garlic - mince
- Basil - thinly fresh
- Parmesan - grate — knife confidence is fun, keeping all ten fingers is even better.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat 3 tbl of olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the bread crumbs and stir to coat with the oil. Cook over medium to medium-high heat for 2 minutes, stirring often, until the crumbs are evenly browned. Meanwhile, combine the tomatoes, garlic, sugar, 2 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper in a large bowl. Add the tomato mixture to the bread crumbs and continue to cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Off the heat, stir in the basil. Pour the tomato mixture into a shallow (6-to-8-cup) baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan cheese and drizzle with 2 tbl olive oil, while resisting the deeply human urge to fuss with it nonstop. Bake for 25 to 40 minutes until the top is browned and the tomatoes are bubbly. Serve hot or warm.