Tomatoes Stuffed With Goat's Cheese

A recipe from a French recipe site. Posted for ZWT 5.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 8  medium  size tomatoes
• 5  ounces  fresh  goat's cheese (fresh or semi-fresh)
• 1  cup  breadcrumbs
• 1  egg
• 8  leaves fresh basil (replace it with parsley if you can't find basil)
• 2  tablespoons olive oil (plus a few drops)
•  salt & pepper

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
2. - Cut off the top of each tomato and remove seeds; set aside the tops and pulp from the tomatoes. Chop the basil leaves (or parsley).
3. - In a small bowl put the goat's cheese and crush it roughly with a fork; mix it with the breadcrumbs, egg, basil (or parsley), the tomato seeds, the 2 Tbs. olive oil and pepper, until well blended. Taste and adjust
4. seasoning if needed.
5. - Place the empty tomatoes in an oven-proof dish; pour a drop of olive oil and a bit of salt in the bottom of each. Stuff them with the cheese mixture and put the tops back on top. Bake in oven for 20 minutes.
6. Serve on a bed of lettuce.
7. Trick :You can make this stuffing with zucchinis as well; in this case, you will need to add a bit of milk in your stuffing to make it softer (the tomato seeds were doing that !).