Broiled Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese Fans

"Equally good as a side dish or a light lunch. Can be lightened up by using low-fat mozzarella cheese if desired. Note: cooking time does not include 30 minutes refrigeration time."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Stir together oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, oregano, salt and pepper flakes in medium-size shallow dish.
  • Add cheese slices, overlapping if necessary, and turning to coat completely with oil.
  • Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat broiler.
  • Make 3 equally spaced vertical cuts in each tomato, starting from bottom and not cutting all the way through tomato (so tomato can "fan").
  • Insert a cheese slice into each cut.
  • Place tomatoes in shallow flameproof baking dish.
  • Brush with any remaining marinade.
  • Broil tomatoes 6 inches from heat until cheese is melted and lightly browned and tomatoes are heated through, about 6 to 8 minutes.
  • Pour any pan juices over tomatoes before serving.

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  1. Great recipe & it matched well with Pesto Onion Pasta (#245653) & Chicken Avocado (#396724). I cook alot but haven't done very many versions of broiled tomatoes. I really enjoyed this one. I had some jalapeno pepper cheese so I sub'd some in but didn't find I used the amount indicated, I used about 1/2 called for. I added a dash of jerk/essence spice & increased the garlic abit. Loved this recipe and will definately do it again, thanks for sharing.
     
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