Cream Tomatoes With Meatballs
- 6 tomatoes
- 2 14 lbs ground pork (or turkey)
- 2 shallots (minced)
- 4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 14 cup mint (minced)
- 2 teaspoons rosemary (minced)
- 1 lb feta (crumbled)
- salt & fresh ground pepper (to taste, easy on salt!)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion (minced)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 12 cups fresh breadcrumbs (toasted)
- 34 teaspoon salt
- 34 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
- 3 tablespoons mixed herbs (any, minced)
- 2 cups heavy cream
- flour (as needed)
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 large carrots (peeled, grated)
- 2 beets (with good greens, peeled, grated)
- Heat oven 400.
- Hollow out tomatoes.
- Salt inside.
- Invert on a rack for 20 minutes.
- Combine the pork, shallots, garlic, mint, rosemary, feta, salt and pepper.
- Shape into 36 meatballs.
- Place on wax paper.
- Heat butter in a skillet.
- Add the onion and garlic.
- Saute 5 minutes.
- Stir in the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, herbs and cream.
- Set aside.
- Place flour in a bowl.
- Combine the egg and water in another bowl.
- Then the carrots in another and grated beet root in another.
- Dip meatballs in flour, then egg, then alternating carrot or beet mix to coat (18 of each).
- Place on sprayed racks over baking sheets.
- Bake 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, rinse and dry tomatoes.
- Fill with crumb mix.
- Place in a sprayed baking dish.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Julienne beet greens.
- Place on plates.
- Place tomatoes in center.
- Surround with meatballs (6 each).
- YUM!
tomatoes, ground pork, shallots, garlic, mint, rosemary, feta, salt, butter, onion, garlic, fresh breadcrumbs, salt, fresh cracked pepper, mixed herbs, heavy cream, flour, eggs, water, carrots, beets
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-tomatoes-with-meatballs-166076 (may not work)