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Tomatoes Stuffed With Bulgur and Herbs

Bulgar Stuffed Tomatoes with Yogurt Sauce

Stuffed tomatoes. Ok. Interesting. Tomatoes stuffed with bulgar. Even more interesting. And you know, it wasn’t half bad. We might just make it again.

Just don’t forget the cinnamon (*cough*Taylor*cough*). It’s a bit, um, lackluster without it (we ended up stirring it into the yogurt sauce after the fact).

So there you have it. It’s a stuffed tomato. With a side of writers block. Enjoy!

Tomatoes Stuffed With Bulgur and Herbs

Makes 6 servings. Recipe from The New York Times.

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup medium or coarse bulgur
Salt to taste
6 medium-size, ripe but firm tomatoes
1/2 cup mixed chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley, dill, mint, chives, chervil and basil
1/4 cup lightly toasted pine nuts
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

For serving:
1 cup thickened yogurt or thick Greek yogurt
1 or 2 cloves garlic (to taste)
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint

Directions:

Place the bulgur in a bowl and add 1/4 teaspon salt. Mix together. Bring 1 cup water to a boil, and pour over the bulgur. Allow to sit for 30 minutes or until the bulgur is soft and fluffy. Transfer to a strainer and press out excess water. Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Slice off the tops of the tomatoes, about 3/4 inch down from the stem (or far enough down that it will be easy for you to hollow them out). Using a teaspoon or a grapefruit spoon, carefully scoop out the seeds, taking care not to cut through the skins. Place in a strainer set above a bowl. Rub the seed pods against the strainer to extract the juice. Discard the seeds. Carefully scoop out the pulp, and chop fine.

Mix together the bulgur, herbs, garlic, pine nuts, cinnamon, the chopped tomato pulp, 1/4 cup of the strained juice and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Season the hollowed out tomatoes with salt and pepper. Fill each tomato with the bulgur filling (you may have some stuffing left over). Place in a baking dish that is small enough to fit the tomatoes snugly. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon olive oil over each one, and place the caps on top. Pour about 1/2 inch of water into the pan, and cover with foil. Bake 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and uncover. Serve warm, or allow to cool to room temperature.

Puree the garlic with a pinch of salt in a mortar and pestle. Stir into the yogurt, along with the mint. Serve the stuffed tomatoes with a dollop of the yogurt.

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6 Comments

  1. When tomatoes are out of season you can stuff a red, green, or yellow pepper with same filling.

  2. This looks delicious! And I would love to try it with Cous Cous too! Thanks for sharing — your recipes always look so great!!!

  3. Thanks for the tip! We don’t have any Whole Foods stores within an hour, but maybe I’ll try the nearish “upscale” grocery store just to see if we can find it. Now I’m really curious what it tastes like. :)

  4. I think I can find bulgar at my local supermarket. This looks yummy and something I need to try.

  5. You know – it was a time ago we actually bought the bulgar, I can’t remember where we got it. Whole foods maybe? I believe it was Bob’s Red Mill brand.

    Cous cous would work just fine here, it’s got the same fluffy-ish texture, though the flavors are quite different.

  6. Where on earth does one find bulgur? I tried to find it at the grocery store recently and though we searched and searched, could not discover it. Luckily the recipe we’re making can substitute couscous, but this looks good, too, and now I want to put this on my list. Can it be made with anything other than bulgur if we can’t seem to find it? It looks so yummy.

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