Thursday, September 22, 2011

Egg-Filled Tomatoes (Tomates Rellenos de Huevo)

There are some products that are very versatile like tomatoes, potatoes, rice...and eggs. This is a fun and a different way to combine eggs with tomatoes. We can serve them for breakfast, lunch or supper.


Ingredients:


Ripe tomatoes
Eggs
Olive oil
Salt


Potatoes
Arugula or any type of greens.
Green Onion.



Who said that eggs can't be elegant and delicious?



Take ripe tomatoes, cut the tops off and then empty the seeds and pulp out with a grapefruit spoon and put them on a baking sheet, sprinkle with salt and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil on the insides. Crack the eggs and fill the tomatoes one at a time.


Preheat the oven at 300º F. Put the baking sheet in with the tomatoes on it for about 15 minutes. In the meantime cut thin potato slices, cut them in thin strips to make straw potatoes. Deep fry them, when brown put them on paper to take all the extra oil off and set aside.


When the egg-filled tomatoes are done put them on individual plates, add the straw potatoes, and add an arugula salad with a vinaigrette and a green onion. (For any vegetable to be wrinkled, have it in ice water for 15 to 20 minutes, it will wrinkle more the longer you have it in the ice.)


*** If you just make the tomatoes you can fill them with your favorite scramble eggs or a cream cheese filling. (We will add these recipes soon!!!!)



2 comments:

  1. Hi Nuria,

    I tried this recipe tonight, I don't usually like tomatoes with eggs, but this was really good. I'm curious, what consistency should the cooked eggs be? It took more than 15 min for my eggs to set but the result is great.

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  2. It is always hard to give an exact time since the temperature of the oven changes from brand to brand, gas or electrical, conventional o no. We have two ovens and they are very different what it takes 15 min in one it takes half of the time in the other. We have burned few things. The best thing it is to check the oven after 10 min. I like my yolk medium , so I can deep my straw potatoes, or bread on it. On the other hand, they are people that like well done.

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