Fish House Tomatoes
Lloyd Brown @ 2014 Potluck
22 Large Tomatoes
15 medium onions
dark brown sugar
1 lb butter
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
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Wash Tomatoes
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Cut in half and remove stem.
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Place in buttered shallow roasting pan.
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Peel onions and cut into quarters.
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Place onions in Cuisinart and puree. (Two medium onions should yield about one cup of puree)
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Top each tomato with
o a heaping tablespoon of pureed onion
o a teaspoon of brown sugar
o one slice of butter
o Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar over all.
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Check oven for correct temperature. Place roasting pan on the middle rack.
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Cook for 3 hours, basting regularly.
Note: Do not attempt to speed up by cooking at a higher temperature. If all of the liquid boils off well before the cooking is complete, add a modest amount more. However, there should be very little liquid in the pan by the end of the three hours.