Best Tomato Pudding Food

TOMATO SUMMER PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut a shallow X in the bottom of each tomato with a sharp paring knife and blanch tomatoes in 2 batches in a 5- to 6-quart pot of boiling water, 1 minute per batch. Transfer tomatoes with a slotted spoon to a cutting board and, when cool enough to handle, peel, beginning from scored end, with knife.
• While tomatoes are cooling, mince and mash garlic to a paste with a pinch of salt using a large heavy knife. Halve tomatoes crosswise, discard cores, and scoop seeds into a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl. Press on seeds to extract liquid, then discard seeds. Coarsely chop tomatoes, then coarsely purée in batches with strained tomato liquid in a blender or food processor.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté garlic paste, stirring, until golden, about 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat and carefully add a small amount of puréed tomatoes near side of skillet (sauce will splatter and bubble vigorously). When bubbling subsides, add remaining purée, 1 3/4 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Return skillet to heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Cool sauce to room temperature, about 1 hour, then stir in vinegar.
• Trim crusts from bread slices, reserving crusts for another use. If using Pullman loaf, cut 4 slices in half diagonally, then cut 1 round from 1 more slice using cookie cutter. If using round loaves, square off 5 slices of bread from center of loaf and cut triangles and 1 round in same manner. Ladle 3/4 cup sauce into soufflé dish and spread to cover bottom. Line bottom of dish with bread in a pinwheel shape, putting round in center and fanning triangles around it, covering sauce completely (you may have 1 triangle left over). Ladle 1 1/4 cups sauce over bread layer, spreading evenly to cover. Cover sauce with more bread slices, trimming as necessary to fit in 1 layer in dish. Repeat layering 3 more times, using 1 1/4 cups tomato sauce each time and ending with bread. Cover top layer of bread with remaining sauce. Cover surface with plastic wrap, then top with a plate small enough to just fit inside dish. Weight pudding with 2 heavy cans (about 2 pounds total) and chill at least 12 hours.
• Remove weights and plate and run a thin knife around edge of dish. Invert a large plate over pudding and invert pudding onto plate. If any sauce remains in dish, spoon it over pudding. Cut into wedges, drizzle with olive oil, and serve chilled or at room temperature.

TOMATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F.
• Grease a 3-quart baking dish.
• In a bowl, combine tomatoes, sugar, paste, mustard, soda, and salt.
• Place bread cubes in the baking dish; drizzle with melted butter.
• Pour tomato mixture over bread.
• Refrigerate up to 4 hours, if desired.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.
• Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs, if desired.

BEST TOMATO PUDDING

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together the water and tomato puree. Mix in the brown sugar, basil and salt, and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, then set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a 2 quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Place the bread cubes into the dish, and drizzle with melted butter. Pour the tomato sauce over all. Cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven. Remove the lid for the last 10 minutes.

TOMATO SUMMER PUDDING

Steps:

• Have enough tomatoes to overfill the pudding basin you will use. Dip into boiling water and peel them. Chop roughly and sprinkle with good sea salt and pepper and a tiny bit of sugar. Pour some passata into a large soup plate and season with lemon juice and Worstershire sauce, and maybe a touch of pepper sauce. Soak the bread slices briefly in this mixture and line your bowl with them, leaving no cracks or crannies. To the tomatoes add as much crushed garlic as you fancy, a good measure of olive oil and lots of torn up basil leaves. Adjust the seasoning and pour the whole lot into the bread lined bowl. Seal the top with more soaked bread. Place the receptacle on top with weights and leave overnight in the refrigerator. Turn out onto a fine dish and surround with goodies--quail eggs, olives, peppers, capers or what you will. A bowl of sour cream might be passed round with it, or good home-made mayonnaise.

TOMATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Peel the tomatoes, and cut them in half. Scoop out the seeds, juice and pulp and process with the skins. Chop the tomato flesh, and put it in a bowl. Rub the pulp and skins through the sieve to extract maximum juice and flavor. Pour half the resulting liquid on to the tomatoes. Taste the mixture, and then just enough salt and pepper to season. Season the remaining tomato liquid with salt and pepper to taste. Cut the bread into wedges, dip into the seasoned tomato liquid, and line small molds as if making individual summer puddings, or a large pudding basin. Spoon in the chopped tomato, and cover with a round of bread. Cover the puddings, weight them, and refrigerate for six to eight hours or overnight. To serve, turn out on to a chilled plate, decorate with herbs, and serve with a tomato vinaigrette made with extra-virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar and some saved tomato pulp. Accompany, if you wish with a salad of steamed baby artichokes, leeks, asparagus, broccoli spears, and other summer vegetables, or simply with a sprig of mint and some miniature tomatoes.

SAVORY TOMATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Coarsely chop the tomatoes. Place them in a food processor and pulse until they are chopped fine. Or chop them fine by hand.
• Stir in the garlic, olive oil and basil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cut the bread into slices about 1/2-inch thick. You should have about 18 slices.
• Place 3 to 4 of the bread slices in the bottom of a 6-cup mixing bowl, trimming them if necessary so they completely cover the bottom of the bowl. Spoon about a quarter of the tomato mixture over the bread, enough to cover it. Make another layer of the bread, another of tomato, another bread, another of tomato and finish with a layer of the bread. Except for the bread in the bottom of the bowl, the other layers do not have to fit tightly.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, then set a dish that will fit inside the rim of the bowl directly on the wrap. Weight this dish with a heavy can of food, a rock or other heavy object and place this assembly in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours. Put the bowl on a plate to catch any liquid that may spill over.
• To serve, remove the weight, the plate and wrap. Run a flexible knife or spatula around the pudding inside the bowl to loosen it. Unmold the pudding onto a serving dish that has enough of a rim to catch any juices. Garnish the pudding with sprigs of basil and serve in wedges.

TOMATO PUDDING IN CHERRY-TOMATO CUPS

Steps:

• Using a paring knife, remove and discard a thin slice from the tops and a very thin slice from the bottoms of the cherry tomatoes. With a small melon baller, scoop out and discard the seeds and pulp. Sprinkle the insides with salt and pepper and invert on a paper-towel-lined plate. Set aside.
• In a blender, add the plum tomatoes and puree until smooth. Transfer to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil until reduced by 1/3 and very thick, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plastic-wrap-lined baking sheet and store in the refrigerator until cold.
• Push the puree through a fine-mesh sieve to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids. Transfer to a food processor and add the cream cheese. Pulse until smooth. Season with salt.
• On a work surface, stand the cherry tomatoes on their bottoms. Using a teaspoon, fill each with the cream cheese mixture, mounding it slightly on top. With a damp paper towel, remove any smudges. Gently press 1 chive segment onto each mound. Transfer to a platter and chill until ready to serve.

TOMATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Butter a 2 quart casserole dish and place the bread crumbs evenly on the bottom.
• In a saucepan, combine the butter, onion, and bell pepper and saute until translucent.
• Add the tomatoes and brown sugar, and seasonings and bring to a boil.
• Put half the cheese over the breadcrumbs and pour the tomato mixture over the top.
• Add the rest of the cheese and bake until bubbly and the cheese is browned.
• (about 15 minutes).

SAVORY TOMATO BREAD PUDDINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a small saucepan simmer tomatoes, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne, stirring, 5 minutes.
• In a bowl drizzle butter over bread squares and toss to coat. Divide bread squares between two 1-cup soufflé dishes or custard cups and top each serving with half of tomato mixture.
• Bake tomato puddings in middle of oven 20 minutes.