Ripe, sweet tomatoes are halved and topped with a savory combination of parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, fragrant basil pesto, rich pistachios, herbs, spices and extra virgin olive oil and roasted to melt-in-your-mouth perfection.
Olive Oil Breadcrumbs Parmesan Cheese Pistachios Dried Basil
In a small bowl, mix the bread crumbs, parmesan, pistachios, dried herbs, garlic and onion powders and crushed red pepper together until well-combined and set aside.
Core and slice the tomatoes in half horizontally. Then, arrange the tomatoes, cut-side up, in a single layer in the baking dish.
Sprinkle each tomato half with salt and black pepper, then spoon approximately 1 heaping teaspoon pesto in the center of each tomato half, spreading it out over the surface of the tomato.
Continue with 1-2 tablespoons bread crumb mixture on each tomato half, then top with an additional ½ teaspoon pesto on each half.
Drizzle all tomatoes with extra-virgin olive oil.