“Garden To Table” – Fried Light-Green Tomatoes

Key intro music …  da ta da!!!  Welcome to some other installment of our “Garden to Table” characteristic hither at SRFD!  From fourth dimension to fourth dimension nosotros showcase some of our home-grown vegetables inwards easy, delicious recipes.  This Southern Classic was a exceptional asking yesteryear Traveling Husband in addition to I must say, they’re the best I’ve e'er had.  It’s overnice to know I haven’t completely lost my Southern roots yesteryear cooking every bit good much Quinoa!  I don’t tike nutrient real often, for all the obvious reasons, simply a splurge like this is worth the extra steps on the treadmill.

Since my hubby is the primary gardener at our house, I’m typically real agreeable to our picayune arrangement:  he grows it, I hit it in addition to of shape nosotros both consume it!  Sometimes I fifty-fifty pick it too.

While making my dark-green love apple tree selections, I snapped a few photos of the Daylilies.  They’re actually happy this twelvemonth inwards spite of the excessive heat.

And instantly for the star of our picayune characteristic presentation, happy dark-green tomatoes.

Fresh picked, washed in addition to gear upwards for their photograph shoot.

I was impressed amongst their professional person pose-ability.  Here they are side yesteryear side to their picayune cherry cousins modeling shinny, smooth, dark-green skin.  These firm, circular maters were perfect for this recipe!

They must convey been superstars the agency my hubby in addition to I were taking turns snapping photos.

We brand a pretty skillful tomato paparazzi team.

Alright … I’ll halt playing amongst my nutrient in addition to larn on amongst it!

Slice the tomatoes into 1/3 inch slices.

Firm in addition to unblemished, these volition hold out real slowly to cook.  Dredge inwards a cornmeal in addition to flour mixture seasoned amongst tabular array salt in addition to pepper.  Dip into a buttermilk in addition to egg launder in addition to dredge in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than inwards the flour mixture.  Fry inwards an cast-iron skillet inwards moderately hot vegetable stone oil (approximately 350 degrees).  Turn in 1 lawsuit browned in addition to decease along cooking on the other side.  Remove to a newspaper towel lined plate or cooling rack.  Season amongst bounding main tabular array salt spell hot.  Cool in addition to serve.

Try non to ship away your rima oris eating them fresh out of the skillet.  Crispy, juicy perfection, period.  Goodness these are a exceptional treat!

Served amongst a pocket-sized salad of arugula, ripe Roma tomatoes, feta cheese in addition to your favorite calorie-free dressing, dinner is done.

Fried Green Tomatoes – a exceptional treat

Fried Green Tomatoes

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1/2 loving cup full-fat buttermilk

1 loving cup all-purpose flour *

     (these tomatoes were made amongst a gluten gratuitous flour mixture – run into banking company annotation below)

1 loving cup cornmeal

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon freshly solid soil pepper

3 large, draw of piece of occupation solid dark-green tomatoes, sliced 1/3 inch thick

vegetable stone oil for frying

Sea tabular array salt to taste

Lightly trounce the egg in addition to buttermilk together inwards a shallow bowl.  Set aside.  Combine the flour, cornmeal, tabular array salt in addition to pepper inwards a pan or shallow bowl.

Pour vegetable stone oil into a large cast-iron skillet to 1/4 inch deep.  Heat to 350 degrees.  Dredge love apple tree slices inwards the flour mixture, thus dip inwards the egg mixture.  Shake off the excess egg in addition to dredge in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than inwards the flour in addition to cornmeal.  Gently slide the tomatoes inwards the hot oil.  Cook tomatoes inwards pocket-sized batches until golden brownish on both sides.  Remove to a newspaper towel lined plate or cooling rack.  Sprinkle hot tomatoes amongst bounding main tabular array salt in addition to pepper to taste.

*  Note – for an all operate gluten gratuitous flour mixture nosotros used the next recipe:  2 cups brownish rice flour, 2/3 loving cup Irish Gaelic patato starch in addition to 1/3 loving cup tapioca flour.  Mix in addition to shop inwards an airtight container inwards the refrigerator.

You’ll hold out seeing to a greater extent than love apple tree recipes presently every bit nosotros convey nearly 25 plants this year.  Some are volunteers, others starting growing inwards the compost bin in addition to some nosotros planted ourselves.  If you’re looking for the best ripe love apple tree recipe I’ve e'er tried, banking company agree out this 1 posted terminal twelvemonth for Marinated Tomatoes.  I can’t hold off to larn inwards again.  So incredibly delicious!  It’s going to hold out difficult to locomote yesteryear that one.

Marinated Tomatoes

Have a lovely weekend in addition to cheers thus much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com