Stuffed tomatoes: Flavourful summer dish

Bursting with summer flavour, these stuffed tomatoes from LandScape magazine are packed with delicious filling, perfect for summer lunches, light dinners, or outdoor dining. Simple to make and full of rustic charm, it’s a celebration of seasonal ingredients at their best.

Ingredients

Serves 4

8 large tomatoes

1 tbsp olive oil

2 onions, peeled and diced

2 garlic cloves, peeled and diced

450g beef mince

15g chopped flat-leaf parsley, plus extra to garnish

sea salt and black pepper

How to make stuffed tomatoes

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Slice off the tops of the tomatoes and hollow out the flesh with a metal spoon, reserving the flesh. Place the hollowed-out tomato bottoms side by side in an oven dish.

In a saucepan, heat the oil and sauté the onions and garlic for 8 mins until very soft. Add the tomato pulp and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 2 mins until thick.

Off the heat, stir the beef mince into the tomato mixture, then season with sea salt and black pepper, and add the parsley. Stuff the tomatoes with the mixture, then top each tomato with its lid. Bake for 30-40 mins until the meat is cooked through, then serve garnished with the extra parsley.