Broiled Tomatoes With Blue Cheese

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Tomatoes
1	t	Granulated Sugar
2	T	Fresh Basil, chopped
1/4	t	Salt
1	ds	Black Pepper
1	c	Soft Bread Crumbs
2	T	Butter, melted
1/4	c	Blue Cheese, crumbled

INSTRUCTIONS

Pre-warm the oven to broil.  De-stem each tomato and cut into slices
about 2 inches thick. Place  the tomato slices on a broiler pan as you
work.  In a small mixing bowl, blend together the sugar, basil, salt,
and  pepper. Sprinkle a bit of the mixture on top of each tomato slice,
then slip the pan under a hot broiler for about 2 minutes.  Meanwhile,
add the bread crumbs to the melted butter and toss lightly  with a fork
to coat. Add the blue cheese to the mixture and toss  again.  Spoon the
mixture on top of the tomato slices and broil for just a  minute or so,
until the bread crumbs are lightly browned. Serve  immediately.  Posted
to dailyrecipe@recipe-a-day.com by Recipe-a-Day
<recipe-a-day@bignetwork.com> on Aug 21, 1999, converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 220 Calories From Fat: 84 Total Fat: 9.5g Cholesterol: 20.6mg Sodium: 678.9mg Potassium: 440.6mg Carbohydrates: 28.3g Fiber: 3.7g Sugar: 6.7g Protein: 7g

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