Italian Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb hot italian sausage or 1/2 lb mild italian sausage, casings removed
• 4 large firm tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
• 1 dash salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cut a slice from the top of each tomato.
• 3 scoop out insides of tomatoes and mash with hands.
• 4 in a skillet, heat butter and sauté onion, garlic and sausage meat until it is brown and crumbly.
• 5 stir in tomato pulp and simmer for ten minutes.
• 6 remove sausage mixture from pan, put into a big bowl.
• 7 add bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and cheese, mixing well.
• 8 add as much cheese as you would like.
• 9 you may not need all the tomatoe pulp either.
• 10 the final mixture should be kind of sticky, but easily formable.
• 11 place tomato shells in a shallow baking dish and fill with sausage mixture.
• 12 bake in for thirty minutes.
• 13 i find that the left over sausage mixture can be put in between the tomatoes, just to bake.
• 14 i also put grating cheese on top of the tomatoes before baking.