Goat Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes

from allrecipes.com

Ingredients:
4 medium sized fresh4 medium sized fresh "slicer" tomatoes
4 ounces goat cheese
1 tablespoon chopped roasted red peppers (bottled or homemade)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
1 tablespoon torn fresh basil leaves
kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

optional:
chopped toasted pine nuts
roasted garlic

 

Directions:
Preheat the oven broiler.

Slice the tops off of the tomatoes and hollow out by removing the seeds.

In a bowl, mix the goat cheese and chopped red peppers together (optional: add pine nuts, garlic, or some of the basil to the mixture). Spoon an equal amount of the cheese mixture into each hollowed out tomato. Place stuffed tomatoes upright in a baking dish. Top each tomato evenly with the bread crumbs and torn basil. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Place under broiler for 5 to 10 minutes until bread crumbs are lightly browned.