Roasted tomatoes with garlic - what is it?
Tomatoes can be used to prepare many original and delicious appetizer dishes. It is strange to imagine, but until the 18th century Russia did not know the fresh original taste of this vegetable crop. Very easy to prepare and savory fried tomatoes with garlic.
Two vegetables seem to be created for each other - they create such a fragrant bouquet in pairs!
If there are a couple of tomatoes in the fridge and a head of garlic, then it will be quite easy to meet unexpected guests or surprise your homemade stunning snack. Fried tomatoes are served in restaurants, so this vegetable is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. Seasoned not only with garlic, but also, for example, with sage, it will reveal its taste even more.
Dishes are obtained not only tasty, spicy, but also very useful. Still would! After all, a juicy tomato is just a storehouse of organic acids, vitamins, minerals, fiber, pectin. The high content of the natural hormone of happiness (serotonin) makes lovers of fried tomatoes with garlic positive charming people who are not afraid of stress. Tomato contains fructose, glucose, mineral salts, and most importantly - lycopene, a very powerful antioxidant.
Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic - General Cooking Principles
To cook fried tomatoes, it is very important to properly conduct the process of heat treatment of the vegetable. This is necessary not only to give it softness. The fact is that roasting gives the tomato a deeper taste. Moreover, any method, be it frying in a pan or grill, has another surprising effect: the heat makes the difference between ground and greenhouse vegetables almost invisible. This nuance allows you to enjoy the taste of fried tomatoes with garlic in the winter and summer: there will be no difference. Tomatoes are perfectly combined with protein foods: fish, meat, cheese, which allows you to diversify the recipes for cooking both everyday and festive dishes.
Combination with garlic is a classic of the genre, and the addition of garlic is possible at different stages of cooking to give it different shades. Roasted garlic has a milder taste, but for the spiciness and freshness it is better to use a thermally untreated vegetable.
Fried tomatoes with garlic in cheese batter
The most popular appetizer among housewives is fried tomatoes with garlic in cheese batter. This dish will appeal to even children who are not very "friendly" with vegetables: they are guaranteed to be delighted with crispy cheese crust. The batter, in which the vegetable is fried, gives the dish not only a fantastic taste, but also an additional satiety.
Ingredients
- two fleshy dense tomatoes;
- two tablespoons of sour cream (it is better to take a thick one);
- one egg;
- 60-80 grams of hard cheese;
- garlic to taste (3-4 cloves);
- salt, pepper, ground paprika, favorite spices - one third of a teaspoon;
- two to three tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Cooking method
Prepare a batter: beat the egg with sour cream, add finely shredded cheese, if you want, add a little salt. Please note: flour is not used in this recipe, therefore cheese is the main “astringent” component. You can mix several varieties of cheese, for example, classic Dutch and mozzarella (it will give an extra creamy touch). Such a batter may not be well kept on a wet slice of a tomato slice, so a rather large spoon should be used for putting tomato slices in the pan.
Dry washed tomatoes, cut into rings. Some housewives peel the tomato from the tomato before cutting the vegetable into slices. To do this, the tomato should be scalded with boiling water or, for literally one or two seconds, pour boiling water, after which the skin can be easily separated from the pulp. Sprinkle the cooked circles gently with salt, spices, grated garlic. Dip the tomato ring in the cooked batter, scoop it up with a spoon with the cheese dough and put it on a hot frying pan. The more cheese batter fits in a spoon, the better. Fry on both sides until a crust appears, adding batter over tomatoes if necessary. To reduce calorie content, you can put fried tomatoes with garlic on a napkin to get rid of excess fat. You can serve both hot and cold.
Sandwich with Roasted Tomatoes and Garlic
The original taste is acquired by puff fried tomatoes with garlic and cheese. In fact, this is a diet sandwich, where circles of tomatoes are used instead of bread toasts, between which cheese filling is laid. The dish turns out to be very juicy and will not harm the figure at all.
Ingredients
- three dense tomatoes;
- two hundred grams of hard cheese (the economy option allows the use of processed cheese of good quality);
- two eggs;
- three cloves of garlic;
- cooking oil;
- flour or breadcrumbs;
- salt, pepper to taste;
- greenery for decoration.
Cooking method
Cut the tomatoes into rings half a centimeter thick.
Prepare the filling: grate the cheese finely, add chopped garlic to the cheese mass.
Beat eggs with salt.
Put a spoonful of the filling on the tomato circle, dig another slice of tomato, dip the “sandwich” egg, brew and fry in a hot pan to a delicious crust.
Put on a plate, decorate with greens.
Instead of cheese, slices of baked eggplant can be used for filling. Laying eggplant circles between tomatoes, some housewives smear the filling with mayonnaise. This has its own meaning: the vinegar shade will give the dish an extra spicy touch.
Fried breadcrumbs with garlic
The classic recipe for fried bread-and-baked garlic tomatoes is a simple but guaranteed way to earn the gratitude of the family or guests. You can cook a dish very quickly, literally in half an hour, but it always turns out to be excellent.
Ingredients
- two to three dense tomatoes;
- one egg;
- two cloves of garlic;
- a pinch of dried Italian herbs;
- three spoons of breadcrumbs;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- three spoons of vegetable oil;
- seasonal greens to decorate the dish.
Cooking method
Prepare the tomatoes by slicing them in circles half a centimeter thick. Add salt and pepper.
Beat the egg in a separate bowl, add Italian herbs.
Dip the tomato in the egg-herb mixture, breaded in breadcrumbs and fry in a hot frying pan until golden crisp appears.
It is important that the tomatoes do not soften: one and a half minutes are enough to fry each side.
Put golden circles in a plate, sprinkle with chopped garlic and herbs, and if desired, finely grated cheese.
Serve after cooling or a little warm.
Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic in Loeson
Fish variation of the previous recipe - gourmet fried tomatoes with garlic and sardines. It will appeal to fish lovers and can be a wonderful decoration for the festive table.
Ingredients
- a kilogram of dense tomatoes;
- a jar of quality sardines in oil;
- one egg;
- garlic clove;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- flour or breadcrumbs;
- greenery.
Cooking method
Mash sardines with liquid, mix with chopped garlic.
If the mass turned out to be liquid, introduce a little breadcrumbs.
Prepare a lezon by beating an egg with a spoon of water.
Cut tomatoes into rings.
Place the fish filling between two tomato slices, breaded in flour, dip in the egg mixture (lezon), roll in breadcrumbs and fry in a hot frying pan.
When serving, decorate with greens.
Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic - Tips and Tricks
To ensure that fried tomatoes with garlic are guaranteed to be successful, you need to choose only thick, not overripe tomatoes for frying slices.
When frying slices, it is important not to over-hold from the pan, otherwise the circles will become very soft and will not hold their shape.
Instead of a frying pan, you can use the grill, having previously greased the grate with oil. This method is more dietary, as it significantly reduces the use of oil.
An excellent combination is given by fried tomatoes with garlic and young cheese: mozzarella, feta cheese, Adyghe, feta. To make the dish full, you can serve it with shrimp, chicken or fish fillet, plain brown bread.
