Baked Stuffed Tomatoes With Goat Cheese - tomatoes

Method

• Cut a small slice on each end of tomato so they sit flat. Do NOT core tomato. Slice tomato in half horizontally. Use a knife to cut around the tomato and then remove all pulp to a bowl, ending up with a tomato shell 1/2 thick. Drain on paper towels upside down. Oil baking pan. Remove from tomato bowl all of tomato pieces without seeds and juice. Discard seeds and juice. Chop up tomato pieces. Put in bowl, add basil and goat cheese. Saute garlic and anchovies in butter and oil for 30 seconds. Add panko and stir for 2 min. so they get toasty. Add half of this mixture to tomato mixture and season w/ salt and pepper. Put mixture into tomato shells. When rest of panko mixture is cool stir the cheese into it and then top tomatoes with panko mixture. Bake at 375 for 20 min.