Sage And Garlic Grilled Tomatoes Recipe

How to make it

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• Brush the tomato halves all over with olive oil.
• Season them generously all over with salt and pepper, then sprinkle the garlic and chopped sage over them.
• Press a whole sage leaf in the center of the cut side of each tomato half.
• Set any leftover olive oil aside.
• Cook the tomatoes, following the instructions below for any of the grills, until nicely browned.
• Transfer the tomatoes to a platter or plates and drizzle any remaining olive oil over them. Serve at once.
• Variations:
• •This recipe calls for fresh sage because I like its earthy flavor and I also like the way the whole leaves look when grilled into the tomato halves. If you don't like or can't find sage, you can achieve a similar effect with small sprigs of fresh rosemary, tarragon, thyme, flat-leaf parsley, or another herb.
• • You can also grill small whole plum tomatoes this way. Skewer the sage leaves onto the tomatoes with wooden toothpicks.
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• CONTACT GRILL: Preheat the grill; if your contact grill has a temperature control, preheat the grill to high.
• Place the drip pan under the front of the grill. When ready to cook, lightly oil the grill surface.
• Arrange the tomato halves on the hot grill, cut side up, then close the lid. The tomatoes will be done after cooking 4 to 6 minutes.
• GRILL PAN: Place the grill pan on the stove and preheat it to medium-high over medium heat.When the grill pan is hot a drop of water will skitter in the pan.
• When ready to cook, lightly oil the ridges of the grill pan.
• Arrange the tomato halves, cut side down, in the hot grill pan on a diagonal to the ridges. The tomatoes will be done after cooking 4 to 6 minutes per side.
• Rotate the tomatoes a quarter turn after grilling 2 minutes on the first side to create a handsome crosshatch of grill marks.
• BUILT-IN GRILL: Preheat the grill to high, then, if it does not have a nonstick surface, brush and oil the grill grate.
• Arrange the tomato halves, cut side down, on the hot grate on a diagonal to the ridges.
• The tomatoes will be done after cooking 4 to 6 minutes per side.
• Rotate the tomatoes a quarter turn after grilling 2 minutes on the first side to create a handsome crosshatch of grill marks.
• FREESTANDING GRILL: Preheat the grill to high; there's no need to oil the grate.
• Arrange the tomato halves, cut side down, on the hot grate on a diagonal to the ridges.
• The tomatoes will be done after cooking 5 to 7 minutes per side.
• Rotate the tomatoes a quarter turn after grilling 2 minutes on the first side to create a handsome crosshatch of grill marks.
• FIREPLACE GRILL: Rake red hot embers under the gridiron and preheat it for 3 to 5 minutes; you want a hot, 2 to 3 Mississippi fire.
• When ready to cook, brush and oil the gridiron.
• Arrange the tomato halves, cut side down, on the hot grate on a diagonal to the ridges.
• The tomatoes will be done after cooking 4 to 6 minutes per side.
• Rotate the tomatoes a quarter turn after grilling 2 minutes on the first side to create a handsome crosshatch of grill marks.