Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes are one of a number of dishes in which tomatoes are filled with ingredients, usually including rice.

Stuffed tomatoes

Region or state	Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, France, Italy
Serving temperature	Hot or room temperature[1]
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Names

In various languages, the name of the dish literally means "stuffed tomatoes", including Azerbaijani: Pomidor dolması and Turkish: Domates dolması).[2] Elsewhere the name specifies that the dish includes rice such as Italian: Pomodori al Riso.[1]

Preparation and ingredients

In Turkey, the fruit are stuffed with meat (lamb) and rice; other ingredients are onion, parsley, olive oil, mint, black pepper, and salt. In the Roman dish, the filing is traditionally made with rice alone[1] and it can additionally be flavored with cinnamon.[3]

See also

• List of stuffed dishes

References

1. Marx, Sasha (10 September 2019). "Stuff Your Face With Roman Rice-Stuffed Tomatoes". Serious Eats. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
2. "stuffed tomatoes in ground meat and basmati rice - Ozlem's Turkish Table". Ozlemsturkishtable.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. Jenkins, Nancy (29 May 1985). "Bringing out the Best in Food: a Tasteful Story". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 3 September 2020.