Basic Basil Baked Tomatoes
By: lil
Published: Friday, February 11, 2011 - 11:15am

Ingredients




2 any good sized tomatoes per person beeing served (good for siders and part of a main meal)
olive or sunflower oil
oil for greasing
dried basil leaves or fresh
of salt for each tomato

Preparation

1 Wash and dry the tomatoes and pull of any remaining leaves or stems. 2 Pre-heat oven to gas mark 5 or 6 ,if it is a fan -assisted oven use I80 or 190 cels instead. 3 Grease a baking tray or pan with oil (without holes) . 4 Rub all over the tomatoes with oil and dried basil leaves( if you are using fresh basil leaves do not add them yet). 5 Season them with the pinch of salt and put the tomatoes in the tray. 6 Put in the middle of the oven and let it cook for 7 minutes. 7 Move the tomatoes in the tray a bit and now put on the fresh basil if you are using it. 8 Let it cook for 5 minutes more and the tomatoes should be done. (they can be left in the oven for softer tomatoes). 9 (Season them a bit extra with more salt if it is required). 10 Serve them hot and enjoy them straight away! 11 Other notes: if needed to be kept in fridge , only keep them for 2 days.

About


this is a recipe i also like to have on its own becuase it is a healthy snack .