Scalloped Tomatoes With Parmesan

Submitted by CulinaryQueen

"Use fresh tomatoes, rather than canned for this most comforting hot vegetable side dish. From Sarah Leah Chase's Cold-Weather Cooking."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons bacon fat
• 2 cups French bread (cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
• 16 plum tomatoes (cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1⁄2 cup basil leaves, shredded
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F/180°C.
2. Heat bacon fat in large heavy skillet over medium heat. Add bread cubes and stir to coat evenly. Saute until lightly browned all over, about 5-7 minutes.
3. Add the tomatoes, garlic and sugar to the pan. Cook, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, tben stir in the basil and remove from heat.
4. Transfer tomato mixture to a shallow 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Sprinkle with the parmesan and drizzle with the olive oil.
5. Bake 35-40 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.
6. Serve and enjoy!

Reviews

[Junebug]

I wasn't real sure what to expect from this recipe, but what I got was an outstanding and delicious side dish for my fettucine alfredo! This was very easy to put together and uses ingredients I normally have on hand. Like the other reviewer I didn't have any bacon grease, but I just fried up a few pieces of bacon while I was cubing the bread, chopping tomatoes and mincing the garlic. After removing the bacon I just dumped all of it in the hot grease and proceeded with the recipe. I did use the sugar and loved the contrast of sweet with the flavor of the basil! I halved this recipe as I was only serving 2 of us and we didn't have even a crumb left! It took about 20-25 minutes to cook. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe Culinary Queen!

 

[jennifer in new jer]

very easy recipe that came together very nicely. i really had to rush making this but the end result was still great. followed recipe with the exception of leaving out the sugar (i forgot) and i had no time to make bacon fat so i sauteed the bread cubes with strips of bacon. I would suggest using finely shaved parm cheese as i used large grated and it didnt melt well. Excellent taste and delicious.