Tomatoes are eaten raw, juices and salads are prepared. Almost no hot first or second course is complete without their presence. They serve as the base for the most incredible snacks. They can be used to make excellent sweet and sour caviar or sauce. This vegetable tastes great.
Tomatoes stuffed with eggplant caviar
To prepare this type of snack, you will need:
- tomatoes - 6-8 pieces;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- sweet peppers - 2-3 pieces;
- eggplant - 1 large fruit;
- turnip onion - 1 head;
- mayonnaise - 3-4 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon.
Eggplants should be cut into pieces and pre-soaked in water and salt for a while, then squeeze and boil until soft. Take out the pieces of eggplant with a slotted spoon and put in any container, let cool completely.
Peel the onions, rinse with water and cut into pieces. Grind the onion with a blender, add garlic cloves and cooled eggplant slices to it and grind them with a blender. Season the resulting mass with mayonnaise and mix. Rinse sweet peppers, cut into small slices and mix with eggplant caviar.
Select firm, round tomatoes of the same size, rinse, dry and carefully cut the core. Fill the tomatoes with eggplant caviar and sweet peppers filling, garnish with olive, lemon slice. This appetizer goes well with pickled or salted fish.
Tomatoes stuffed with cheese and eggs
The process of processing and filling tomatoes with minced meat is described above, and to prepare the filling you will need:
- feta cheese or cheese - 250 grams;
- bread crumbs - 50 grams;
- raw eggs - 5-6 pieces;
- dill - 1 bunch;
- butter - 70 grams.
The filling is designed for 10 tomatoes.
Salted feta cheese must be crushed or grated, raw eggs into it and chopped dill greens added. Mix the whole mass for the filling, put a piece of butter in each tomato and fill the tomatoes with the cheese filling.
Put the tomatoes in a ceramic dish, treated with butter and breadcrumbs inside so that they do not turn over, and place the dish in the oven for 15 minutes. The prepared stuffed tomatoes are served hot and drizzled with sour cream.
Spicy tomato and zucchini appetizer
The appetizer, which will be discussed below, can be prepared very quickly, it is quite suitable for unexpected guests' visits. For her you will need the following products:
- young zucchini - 1 fruit;
- mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- tomatoes - 3-4 pieces;
- cottage cheese - 100 grams;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- greens;
- flour for breading;
- sunflower oil for frying.
The zucchini must be rinsed, wiped off and cut into circles. Each circle should be rolled in flour on all sides and put in a hot pan with sunflower oil. Fry the zucchini on both sides, then put it on a large dish in one layer.
Cottage cheese should be mixed with finely chopped dill, mayonnaise and chopped garlic, mix everything and put in 1 tbsp. spoon for each circle of zucchini, smooth. The tomatoes should be rinsed, rubbed and cut into thick rings, put on top of the curd mass. Put some more spicy curd mass on the tomato mugs with a small slide and decorate with herbs.
