Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2014
Stuffed tomatoes always sound fantastic, but too often you end up with tasteless tomatoes and a lackluster stuffing that falls out in a clump.
To concentrate flavor and get rid of excess moisture, we season the hollowed-out tomato shells with salt and sugar and let them drain. For the filling, couscous proved the best base, and rehydrating it with the tomato water drained from the...