Stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients

• tomatoes
• salt
• pepper
• onion
• parsley
• celery
• butter
• dried mushrooms
• spoonful bread cooked in milk (pappa)
• milk
• grated Parmesan
• egg

Instructions

1. Halve and seed the tomatoes; season with salt and pepper.
2. Make a base of minced onion, parsley, and celery in butter; add minced dried mushrooms and bread cooked in milk; simmer.
3. Off heat, stir in Parmesan and egg (or yolk) to firm the stuffing.
4. Fill the tomatoes, mounding, and cook between two fires with butter and oil.
5. Variants: a simple garlic-parsley-breadcrumb filling, or halved buttered tomatoes baked uncovered as a garnish for boiled meat.