Sausage-and-Basil-Stuffed Tomatoes

Name: Sausage-and-Basil-Stuffed Tomatoes
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters bread cubes (from about 1/2 baguette); 1 pinch Pinch of cayenne pepper; 1 stalk celery, diced, plus a handful of celery leaves; 237 milliliters fresh basil; 1 small clove garlic, minced; 1 small green bell pepper, diced; 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence; 340 grams luganega or sweet Italian sausage, casings removed; 4 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 larges onion, diced; 79 milliliters grated parmesan cheese; 8 mediums tomatoes, preferably with stems intact; 118 milliliters walnut pieces

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Sausage-and-Basil-Stuffed Tomatoes a try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 322 calories, 11g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you have olive oil, cayenne pepper, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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.

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Tomato

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Food Processor

Serrated Knife

Oven

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.

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Olive Oil

Ground Cayenne Pepper

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Food Processor

Baking Pan

Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the sausage, herbes de Provence, bell pepper, onion, diced celery and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the sausage browns, about 5 minutes.

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Herbes De Provence

Bell Pepper

Sausage

Celery

Garlic

Onion

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.

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Bread Cubes