Roasted Stuffed Tomatoes

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 plum tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato paste
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 fresh lemon rind, finely grated
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (4 ounce) can tuna, drained
• 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed
• salt and pepper
• 2 sun-dried tomatoes, cut into strips for garnish
• fresh basil leaf (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 halve the tomatoes and scoop out the seeds.
• 2 divide the sun-dried tomato paste among the tomato halves and spread carefully around the inside of the skin.
• 3 place on a cookie sheet and roast in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
• 4 cool slightly.
• 5 meanwhile, make the mayonnaise.
• 6 in a food processor, blend the egg yolks and lemon juice with the lemon rind until smooth.
• 7 once mixed and with the motor still running, slowly add the olive oil.
• 8 stop the processor as soon as the mayonnaise has thickened.
• 9 add the tuna and capers to the mayonnaise and season wich salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 spoon the tuna mayonnaise mixture into the tomato shells and garnish with sun-dried tomato strips and basil leaves.
• 11 return to the oven or serve chilled.