Tomato Tatins
- 1/3 cup olive oil, plus additional for brushing pans
- 3 medium vine-ripened yellow tomatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 3 medium vine-ripened red tomatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 (1/2-inch thick) slices country-style bread
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing
- 8 teaspoons basil pesto or tapenade, optional, store bought
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F and lightly brush 2 shallow baking pans or sheet pans with oil.
- Cut tomatoes into 1/2-inch thick slices and arrange in 1 layer in baking pans.
- Roast tomatoes in upper and lower thirds of oven until just tender but not falling apart, about 15 minutes, and cool slightly in pans on racks.
- Leave oven on.
- Halve garlic.
- Cut bread into 1/2-inch thick slices and with a 4-inch round cutter cut out 4 rounds.
- Brush rounds on both sides with remaining 1/3 cup oil and arrange in 1 layer on a baking sheet.
- Toast rounds in middle of oven until golden brown, about 5 minutes, and immediately rub on both sides with cut sides of garlic.
- Season toasted rounds with salt and pepper.
- Brush the bottoms and sides of 4 (4-inch diameter, 1 cup measurement) ramekins lightly with extra-virgin olive oil.
- Layer 1 slice each of yellow and red tomato in bottom of each ramekin and spread 1 teaspoon pesto evenly over each.
- Repeat layering once and top each tatin with a toast round.
- Bake tatins in middle of oven just until hot, about 5 minutes.
- Invert a plate over each ramekin and invert ramekins onto plates.
- Serve tatins immediately.
olive oil, tomatoes, red tomatoes, garlic, countrystyle, extravirgin olive oil, basil pesto, salt
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tomato-tatins-recipe.html (may not work)