Couscous with Roasted Tomato

Title:
Couscous with Roasted Tomato

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Side
Dishes,
Tomatoes




Ingredients:





     4 lg Beefsteak tomatoes; halved


          -and seeded


     3 tb Olive oil


     1 c  Quick couscous; steamed


          -according to package


          -directions


     2 tb Chopped or julienne basil


          Salt; to taste


          Freshly ground black pepper;


          -to taste





--------------------------------VINAIGRETTE--------------------------------


     2 tb Sherry vinegar


     1 tb Honey


     1 sm Jalapeno pepper; seeded,


          -diced fine


   1/4 ts Ground cumin


   1/4 c  Finely-chopped scallions


          Salt; to taste


          Freshly ground black pepper;


          -to taste


     4 tb Olive oil





 Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Cut the tomatoes in half and place them,


 cut-side down, on a baker's rack set in a roasting pan and placed in a 200


 degree oven for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, the skins can be easily


 plucked off the tomatoes, using your fingers, a pair of tongs, or a fork.


 Drizzle the peeled tomato halves with olive oil and return them to the 200


 degree oven for another 1 1/2 hours, until the tomatoes are roasted to a


 dark red. The excess moisture will have evaporated, and the remaining


 tomatoes will have a delicious concentrated flavor and aroma. Prepare the


 vinaigrette by combining the vinegar, honey, jalapeno, cumin, scallions and


 salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. Whisk together thoroughly before slowly


 drizzling in the oil completely. Cook the couscous according to the package


 directions. Cut the roasted tomato halves into quarters, and combine with


 the steamed couscous. Add the basil and adjust the seasoning. Drizzle with


 vinaigrette, and toss to combine. This recipe yields 4 servings.


 


 Recipe Source: MICHAEL?S PLACE with Michael Lomonaco >From the TV FOOD


 NETWORK - (Show # ML-1A04 broadcast 02-16-1997) Downloaded from their


 Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com


 


 Formatted for MasterCook by MR MAD, aka Joe Comiskey - jpmd44a@prodigy.com


 


 02-28-1997


 


 Recipe by: Michael Lomonaco


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Nancy Berry 
on Apr 30,


 1998