Grilled Stuffed Tomatoes with Feta and Orzo Recipe

Recipe by Paggi Pazzo

Grilled Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe
Published: September 22, 2012

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Calories per serving: 312
Fat per serving: 16.2g

Ingredients

• 4 large tomatoes
• 1 small onion
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 green pepper
• 1/2 cup Feta cheese
• 1 cup Orzo (Barilla)

Cooking Directions

1. Boil pot of water and when boiling, add orzo and cook for 10 minutes (until al dente) then, drain and add to large bowl with teaspoon of olive oil and stir (let sit and cool for 10 minutes)
2. Chop onion and pepper finely and add to large bowl with orzo. Then add Feta cheese (crumble if bought in whole block), with pepper, salt, and two teaspoons of olive oil. Stir for several minutes
3. Slice top of tomatoes and put aside, then carve out inside of tomato with knife to create a a bowl (save the inside of the tomato filling for sauce or another recipe)
4. Take orzo, feta, onion and pepper filling and place inside hallowed tomatoes then add a little extra olive oil to top
5. Start grill (if using gas grill fire up burners and maintain medium-to-high-heat) and use one 1/2 chimney starter filled with wood lump charcoal. Once wood charcoal is grey, empty into grill pit on one side of the grill
6. Oil grates with paper towel and then place tomatoes (with the sliced tops on top of the tomatoes) on grill at opposite end of the charcoal for indirect grilling
7. After 20-25 minutes, the tomatoes should be softening so remove the sliced tops and place directly over heat for 5-10 minutes
8. Remove from grill and rest for 5 minutes. Then ready to serve