Tomato Patties

Submitted by SnowHat

"From: Lancaster Farming Shared By: Pat Stockett"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 8 medium tomatoes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 2 1⁄2 cups cracker crumbs

directions

1. Peel and mash tomatoes.
2. Add soda, eggs and crumbs.
3. Fry like pancakes in a hot skillet.
4. Serve with pancake syrup if desired.

Reviews

[Miss Annie]

I really love fresh tomatoes. This recipe is simple, classic and timeless. Tomatoes are best fresh picked and never stored in the refrigerator. I made this recipe as written....from the Amish country. I only added much needed salt and pepper, and I chopped the tomatoes instead of mashing. I poured off most of the tomato juice (saving it for breakfast). I used regular saltine crackers because they are super crispy, and I love them. Make sure the oil is hot and not just the skillet, and fry them very fast in small sizes. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe.

 

[Gaia22]

Tastes great! However, the recipe needs work. I split the recipe in half and that still served 2. The tomatoes need to be drained and patted dry. The mix was just too wet. I added 3/4 cup more cracker crumbs than it called for & it was still very very moist. I had problems cooking it because of the moisture making the patties just too delicate. I let them firm up in the fridge for a while - it seemed to help a little bit. I tried using olive oil and pan frying/sauteeing them, but I just made tomato mush lumps that weren't really cooking! In the end, I had to use Canola oil and shallow fry them one at a time. These need to be made very thin to cook properly. Each patty was created from a small spoonful of batter & then flattened out in the pan. I used Ritz Garden Flavored crackers, which was a great cracker to use -- very tasty. If I had used plain crackers, I would have wanted to add some herbs to flavor this. I used a ridged muddler to mash the tomatoes. I served this with recipe #224136 drizzled over them -- beautiful combination in my book! All in all, these were really tasty, but the recipe's ratios are off and the directions aren't in-depth enough. In the future I'll know what to expect in the cooking process and will be able to fine tune it so it's not a mess that takes all day :( because I will be making tomato patties again :) ! [Made & Reviewed for Bargain Basement Tag]