Tomato Farci

Ingredients

• one quart of fresh tomatoes
• two Spanish onions
• four table-spoonfuls of bread crumbs
• three ounces of butter
• one half tea-spoonful of salt
• one tea-spoonful of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Soak the onions in boiling water overnight, then dry and slice them.

2. 2

   Melt 1 ounce of butter in a frying-pan and brown the onion slices.

3. 3

   Layer sliced tomatoes and browned onions in a vegetable dish, sprinkling with bread crumbs, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Repeat layers, finishing with bread crumbs on top.

5. 5

   Dot with remaining butter and bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tomato Farci. — Provide for this one quart of fresh tomatoes, two Spanish onions, four table-spoonfuls of bread crumbs, three ounces of butter, one half tea-spoonful of salt, one tea-spoonful of pepper

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