Recipe: Beef Tomatoes with Rice and Tuna

This recipe reminds me of summer, because it is one of those delicious meals that you can have hot or cold. When I was a kid you would have seen people bringing to the beach food containers with these juicy and yummy tomatoes. I have just added some tuna fillets to make them even tastier.

 

Very few ingredients for this dish are needed. Extra virgin olive oil, rice, beef tomatoes, potatoes (as a side) and the Tuna Fillets L’Isola d’Oro in their glass jar with a basket so it is easier to take them out. You can find this product at Fratelli Camisa online.

 

Cut the beef tomatoes from the top but don’t discard them, you will need them .

 

Empty the beef tomato being careful not to break it and put the content in a bowl.

Put a pinch of salt on each tomato and spread it with your finger so the walls are coated.

 

Then put them upside down so they will lose their liquid.

Peel and cut the potatoes. You can have as many as you want, they will be put in the baking tray together with the tomatoes so the more the better.

 

In a bowl put the inside of the tomatoes, the rice and the Tuna Fillets L’Isola d’Oro and leave them to marinate for about 15 minutes together with salt and extra virgin olive oil.

 

Put a tablespoon of the compost in each tomato.

 

Put the top of the tomato on each one and then place them in a baking tray with all potatoes around them so when cooked they will have the fragrance of the tomatoes too. Sprinkle some salt and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, then heat the oven at 180/ 4 and cook for about 45 to 60 minutes. Shake the baking tray so the potatoes won’t stick.

 

This dish will be ready when the top will be just a bit burned and the rice cooked. Just served with the potatoes and you can have it at room temperature or even cold the day after. Perfect to bring it at work for a healthy lunch. 

 They are ready, serve them with the potatoes for a truly Roman dish. The Tuna Fillets just add a twist to a very old and traditional recipe. www.lisoladoro.it