Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes are one of a number of dishes in which tomatoes are filled with ingredients, usually including rice.

Stuffed tomatoes
Region or stateTurkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, France, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Uruguay, Romania
Serving temperatureHot or room temperature[1]

Names

In various languages, the name of the dish literally means "stuffed tomatoes", including Azerbaijani: Pomidor dolması and Turkish: Domates dolması).[2] Elsewhere the name specifies that the dish includes rice such as Italian: Pomodori al Riso.[1]

Preparation and ingredients

In Turkey, the fruit are stuffed with meat (lamb) and rice; other ingredients are onion, parsley, olive oil, mint, black pepper, and salt. In the Roman dish, the filing is traditionally made with rice alone[1] and it can additionally be flavored with cinnamon.[3]

In Provence, France, it is common to prepare tomate farcies with minced meat, breadcrumbs and cheese.[4] In Nice, the fruits are initially emptied and subsequently flavored with a filling of onion, garlic, aubergine, pepper, tomato paste and marjoram.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Marx, Sasha (10 September 2019). "Stuff Your Face With Roman Rice-Stuffed Tomatoes". Serious Eats. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. "stuffed tomatoes in ground meat and basmati rice - Ozlem's Turkish Table". Ozlemsturkishtable.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. Jenkins, Nancy (29 May 1985). "Bringing out the Best in Food: a Tasteful Story". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. Audrey (2020-07-13). "Classic Tomates Farcies (Baked Ground Meat-Stuffed Tomatoes)". Pardon Your French. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  5. "Ricetta Pomodori alla nizzarda". Buonissimo (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  6. "Grilled Ratatouille-Stuffed Tomatoes • The Heritage Cook ®". The Heritage Cook ®. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2022-06-16.


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