Roasted Tomatoes with Feta Cheese, Olives and Pine Nuts

Roasted Tomatoes with Feta Cheese, Olives and Pine Nuts

Oven Roasted Tomatoes stuffed with Feta Cheese, Olives, and Pine Nuts is a simple side dish recipe which is both delicious and healthy. Side dishes normally don’t get any respect. It seems like all the love is showered on the entree and sides are just an afterthought or something you add just to fill the plate. Tomatoes with Feta Cheese, Olives, and Pine Nuts is different. This side dish is not only beautiful and colorful, but it is also healthy, full of complex flavors and textures, and amazingly delicious!

Ingredients

• 6 plum tomatoes cut into halves lengthwise and seeded
• Kosher salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup pine nuts toasted
• 1 cup feta cheese crumbled
• 1-1/2 oz cream cheese softened
• 1/3 cup kalamata olives chopped
• 1 Tbsp fresh basil chopped, plus extra for garnish
• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
2. Cut the plum or Roma tomatoes in half lengthwise and seed them. (If you use another variety of tomato, especially round ones, cut them in half through the equator. Once the tomato is cut in half, take a small spoon and gently scrape or scoop out the tomato seeds and the center leaving the red fleshy part intact.)
3. Sprinkle the cut tomatoes with salt and pepper and place them cut side down on a wire rack set over a baking sheet to catch the juice. Let them drain for about 30 minutes or so.

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