Stuffed Heirloom Tomatoes With Sausage And Cremini Mushrooms Recipes

SAUSAGE-AND-BASIL-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Using a serrated knife, slice off the top quarter of each tomato and reserve the tops. Scoop out the pulp from inside each tomato and transfer it to a food processor. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and the cayenne to the food processor and process until smooth; pour into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage, herbes de Provence, bell pepper, onion, diced celery and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the sausage browns, about 5 minutes. Transfer the sausage mixture and bread cubes to the food processor and pulse until chopped. Pack the tomatoes with the sausage-bread mixture so the stuffing is domed on top. Put the stuffed tomatoes in the baking dish on top of the sauce.
• Place the basil, walnuts, cheese and celery leaves in the food processor and chop. Sprinkle onto the tomatoes. Put the tomato tops, cut-side down, between the stuffed tomatoes. Bake until the stuffing is golden, about 20 minutes. Cover each tomato with a top and serve with the sauce.

MUSHROOM-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a 10-inch quiche dish, combine butter, olive oil, shallots, garlic and salt. Cook, covered tightly with microwave plastic wrap, at 100 percent for 4 minutes.
• Core tomatoes. Cut a ''lid'' from the top of each, and, if necessary, a small slice from the bottom so that it will stand upright. Scoop flesh and seeds from each tomato to leave a shell for stuffing. Coarsely chop flesh and tops and set aside.
• Prick each tomato shell through the skin 5 to 6 times. Sprinkle the inside with salt and pepper. Arrange tomatoes in a ring in a dish just large enough to hold them and at least 2 inches deep.
• Stir chopped tomatoes, chanterelles, herbs and orzo into shallot mixture. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap and cook at 100 percent for 7 minutes. Uncover and stir in parsley, mozzarella and pepper. Divide mixture among tomato shells. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap and cook 100 percent for 5 minutes. Serve immediately, or let cool to room temperature and refrigerate; reheat, covered, for 1 minute 30 seconds before serving.

TOMATOES STUFFED WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Cut away and discard the core of each tomato. Cut off and reserve a thin slice from the bottom of each. Using a melon-ball scoop or small spoon, hollow out the center of each tomato, leaving a shell. Reserve the scooped-out portion. There should be about 1 1/2 cups.
• Clean and finely chop the mushrooms. There should be about 2 cups.
• Heat the butter in a heavy skillet, and add 1 cup of the onions and 3 teaspoons of the garlic. Cook briefly, stirring, until onions are wilted. Add the mushrooms, and sprinkle with lemon juice. Stir until the mushrooms give up their liquid. Continue cooking, stirring, until the liquid evaporates.
• Spoon and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl, and let cool slightly. Add the sausage, bread crumbs, parsley, egg yolk, salt and pepper. Blend thoroughly.
• Fill each tomato with an equal portion of the mixture, piling it up as necessary and smoothing it over. Top each tomato with the reserved rounds sliced from the bottom of each tomato.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a saucepan, and add the remaining 1 cup of onions and 2 teaspoons garlic. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the thyme, bay leaf and the reserved scooped-out tomato, with salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring, about 2 minutes.
• Spoon the mixture into a baking dish large enough to hold the tomatoes in one layer. Arrange the tomatoes bottom-side-down over the sauce. Brush the tops with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil.
• Place in the oven, and bake 30 minutes. Discard the bay leaf, and serve with sauce spooned over.

HOT STUFFED CREMINI MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix jalapeno, onion, garlic, and 1/4 cup parm into butter.
• Place caps on a bake sheet and season to taste w salt/pepper.
• Fill caps with butter mixture.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 parm over all the caps.
• Sprinkle 1/4 of bread crumbs over the parm coated caps.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until mushrooms give up juices.
• Broil to crisp up topping if not to satisfaction.
• Serve and Enjoy!

SAUSAGE STUFFED CREMINI MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400f degrees.
• Remove stems from mushrooms and finely chop stems.
• Mix 2 tablespoons bread crumbs and parmesan in small bowl.
• Lightly coat large nonstick frypan with nonstick cooking spray and set over medium heat.
• Cook sausages until they begin to brown, about 5 minutes, breaking up with the side of spoon.
• Stir in onion, red pepper, and mushroom stems, and then cook until veggies are soft, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining bread crumbs and black pepper.
• Remove from heat.
• Mound stuffing in mushrooms and arrange, stuffing side up, in 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan mixture.
• Bake until heated through, about 9 minutes.

STUFFED HEIRLOOM TOMATOES WITH SAUSAGE AND CREMINI MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Reheat oven to 375 degrees. Using paring knife, core tomatoes. Scoop out seeds with spoon. Season inside of tomatoes with salt and black pepper. Set tomatoes, cut side down, on plate.
• In saute pan over medium-high heat, warm 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add onion; cook 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, salt and black pepper, cook 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add sausage and red pepper flakes; cook, breaking sausage into small pieces, until cooked through, 3-5 minutes. Transfer sausage mixture to bowl; cool 10 minutes.
• Stir oregano, bread crumbs, 1/2 cup cheese and parsley into sausage mixture. Stuff tomatoes with filling; place in baking dish. Sprinkle tomatoes with 1/4 cup cheese, dividing evenly. Drizzle oil over tomatoes.
• Bake 30-35 minutes. Let staqnd 5 minutes before serving.