Title: Ukrainian Stuffed Tomatos
Categories: European Ethnic Meat Main
Yield: 5 Servings
| 10 | | Tomatos large & firm |
| 1 | | Onion chopped fine |
| 2 | tb | Rice cooked |
| 2 | tb | Butter |
| 1 1/2 | lb | Ground beef lean |
| 1 | tb | Bread crumbs |
| | | Salt & pepper to taste |
| GRAVY |
| 1 | c | Sour cream |
| 1/2 | c | Tomato paste |
| | | Pulp scooped from tomatos |
| 1 | ts | Salt |
| 1 | ts | Pepper |
| 2 | tb | Butter |
| 2 | tb | Flour |
Slice the tops off of the tomatos. Scoop out the pulp and seeds. Season the
tomatos with salt & pepper. Brown the meat and onions. Mix in the cooked
rice. Fill the tomatos with this mixture. Cover with the sliced off tops
and dredge in the bread crumbs. Place ina shallow baking pan that has been
well greased and bake for 40 mintes in apre-hetaed 375 degree F oven.
Gravy: Brown the flour in the butter. Mix in the other ingredients
including the pulp removed from the tomatos at rthe start. Cook for 5
minutes and pour over the tomatos after removing the tops at serving.
Origin: Vera Lastovko, Kiev-Ukraine, circa 1996