Tomato Pie

[LMAJ]

Love tomato pie - it's a summer staple around here.
Just for giggles I made mini tomato pies for an appetizer for a party -
Diced and drained the tomatoes...

Pie Crust

Precook the crusts...

Fill...

Finished...

 

[caseydog]

L-M, those little tomato pie tarts look really good. That is definitely good drinking food.

CD

 

[cmcadams]

l-m, grat idea on the minis... I like lots of herbs on my, which is why I have them all going nuts in my garden.

This time, I'm doing a real pie crust, with the cheese on the bottom, to see if it keeps the crust from being soggy.

 

[LMAJ]

That is the biggest challenge Curt - but I do love a good tomato pie!

 

[cmcadams]

l-m, the recipe I was given by a woman in the low country in SC just didn't use the bottom crust... crushed saltines go on top, and it works great that way, too.

We'll see if this works.

 

[cmcadams]

And the final product worked pretty darn well.

 

[LMAJ]

CUT IT!!!!! Let's see it.

 

[landarc]

Oh my, that does looks really good.

 

[cmcadams]

As you wish...

 

[eagle697]

We love tomato pie! the bacon really makes it great. I like the idea of the little ones. Will have to try when the tomatoes get god and ripe.

 

[LMAJ]

OOOhhhhhhhhhh.........
How did it work out putting the cheese on the bottom??

 

[cmcadams]

It was great... the flavor is still there, but the tomatoes got a bit of a char on them that was great tasting, and the texture turned out really well.

I had the tomato slices in a colander for about an hour with salt to get liquid out of them. The tomatoes were all heirloom, and less watery than some tomatoes might be.