Sweet Baked Tomato (dessert)

Submitted by Oolala

"From "Little Meals" by Rozanne Gold. I like weird sounding combinations and this is one of them. It is like a baked apple but takes only 30 minutes to bake. Sometimes we forget that a tomato is a fruit! Chilling time is not included in the preparation time."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 tomatoes, large and ripe
• 1⁄2 cup currants
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup dried cranberries (or goldnen raisins)
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 1⁄2 cups apple juice

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Slice tops off tomatoes and remove insides, leaving shells intact.
3. Turn shells upside down and drain on paper towels.
4. Mix together rest of ingredients except apple juice.
5. Stuff tomatoes with this mixture.
6. Put tomatoes in a deep baking dish and pour the apple juice in bottom.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.
8. Remove tomatoes with slotted spoon and chill.
9. Reduce apple juice on top of stove until it becomes syrupy, then chill.
10. Spoon sauce over tomatoes when serving.