Ingredients

  • 3 lbs tomatoes
  • 1 cup rice
  • 9 ounces cheese, grated (use something yellow, not feta, blue cheese, or Ricotta cheese)
  • parsley, fresh and chopped
  • 4 ounces sausage (optional if you ask me)
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 12 cup vegetable oil (I would say it is also optional)

Method

  • Hollow the tomatoes (reserve the pulp) and salt lightly.
  • Boil the rice and let it cool.
  • Add the grated cheese, chopped parsley, finely cubed sausage, paprika, salt, and black pepper, to taste, to the rice.
  • Stuff the tomatoes with the rice mixture.
  • Arrange tomatoes in a greased oven dish over the grated tomato pulp.
  • Pour the oil over the tomatoes (I would skip that part though).
  • Bake in a medium hot oven.