Best Tomato Garnish Recipes

TILAPIA W. SUNDRIED TOMATO, CAPERS, & KALMATA GARNISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees In a mixing bowl combine the capers, kalmata olives, sund dried tomatoes and lemon juice. Set Aside I like to squeeze out the excess sunflowr oil in the sun-dried tomatoes into the baking dish I am using for the Tilapia. In a seperate dish combine Lemon Juice, Sunflower Oil, and Brine/Oil mix in a bowl and stir until blended. Dip Tilapia filets into bowl and place in medium size baking dish. (keep filet edges from touchins and give plenty of room to surround with heat when cooking) Drizzle left over oil/lemon/brine sauce over filets and bake for about 20 - 25 minutes at 375. In the meantime slice baby red potatoes into thin wafers 1/8" or less. You should have what looks like 25 - 30 baby potato chip looking wafers. Heat a cast iron skillet with corn/veg/high temp oil to medium heat and place wafers in so that they are not touching. brown one side (2 - 3 minutes) and then flip. Your are trying to get the potatoe to the point of almost a potatoe chip. Remove from heat and place on paper towel to soak up oil & cover with a pan lid. Turn down heat to low flame and add a dash of olive oil and suate garlic until it starts browning. Then add spinach and saute to liking. Lower flame to lowest setting and pull spinach to side and leave alone until you serve. You should be about 20 - 22 minutes into the tilapia. This is a good time to open the bottle of your favorite white and have light taste. Once you feel your tilapia is done place the filets on a a warm plate and drizzle with excess pan drippings. Add spinach and potatoes to the sdie. Top with Tomato, caper,& Kalmata Garnish. Two twists of the pepper mill over the whole shebang and dinner is served.

POSH PRAWN COCKTAIL WITH TOMATO ROSE GARNISH

Steps:

• shread the lettuce into thin strips.
• quarter the tomatoes and dice the cucumber.
• assemble into ccktail glasses starting with the lettuce, season each layer with a squeeze of lemon and salt and pepper.
• next layer the tomatoes and cucumber.
• add the small prawns on top and place a tablesppon of the cocktail sauce. sprinkle paprika on the top to garnish.
• to decorate the glasses.
• place a ring of king prawns along the rim of the glass and add a curl of lemon zest.
• add a wedge of lemon inside the rim.
• to make the tomato roses.
• using a very sharp knife, remove the peel from the top of the tomato in on continuous curl until you reach the bottom of the tomato. be careful not to break the strip. once finished curl the tomato stip into a rose shape tightly and place on the top of the cocktail sauce to keep in place.
• serve the cocktail glasses onto side plates garnished with a lemon wedge, sprig of parsley and triangles of brown bread and butter.

TOMATO GARNISH

Steps:

• Peel, seed and dice the tomatoes; season them to taste with capers and vinegar and just a touch of oil; season with salt and pepper. Place a bed of the diced tomatoes on each diner's plate, leaving enough room in the center for the shad. When the shad is out of the oven, center it in the middle of the tomatoes and garnish with chives.