Fried Green Tomato Blt With Basil Mayo

• 2 cups loosely packed basil
• 1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 18 slices bacon
• 6 big green tomatoes, sliced into 18 slices
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 egg, beaten
• oil, for shallow frying
• sliced red and yellow tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups sliced arugula
• 12 slices good bread

1. For the basil mayonnaise, puree the basil, 1/4 cup of the mayo, lemon juice and mustard in a blend until smnooth. Stir in the rest of the mayo. Refrigerate until needed.
2. Fry the bacon and drain.
3. Put half the flour on a plate or waxed paper. Combine the other half of the flour, all the cornmeal, and salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the flour, egg and cornmeal mixture in a row on a work surface. Dip each green tomato slice in flour, then egg, then cornmeal mixture, coating thickly. Pat the coating on. Fry in hot oil 2 minutes per side. Drain.
4. Make sandwiches by spreading bread with mayonnaise, then stacking green tomato, bacon, sliced tomato alternately. Top with arugula.

basil, mayonnaise, lemon juice, mustard, bacon, green tomatoes, flour, yellow cornmeal, egg, oil, tomatoes, arugula, bread

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fried-green-tomato-blt-with-basil-mayo-226831 (may not work)