Yemistes Domates Laderes Me Rizi (stuffed Tomatoes With Rice)

Total Time: 1 hr 18 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 48 mins

Ingredients

• 12 large tomatoes
• salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 cups minced onions
• 1 1/2 cups olive oil
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh dill
• 1/2 cup raisins (or currants)
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 1 cup raw converted rice
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 wash tomatoes, slice off caps, and reserve; scoop out pulp, chop, and reserve. sprinkle inside of tomatoes with salt and sugar. saute onions in 1/4 cup of the oil until soft.
• 2 preheat oven to 350*.
• 3 mix onion, parsley, dill, raisins or currants, pine nuts, rice, chopped tomato pulp, and 1 cup olive oil. saute for 3 minutes. season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4 fill tomatoes with this mixture. cover with tomato caps and place in casserole with remaining 1/4 cup olive oil and water. cover with foil.
• 5 bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until tops are golden and rice is cooked, basting occasionally. remove from heat and cool. serve at room temperature.
• 6 note: tomatoes can be cooked on the stove top. cover with foil and simmer for about 30 minutes, basting occasionally.