Serves: 6
Total Calories: 608

3 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 cup diced red onion
1/2 cup diced white onion
2 tablespoons oil
2 1/2 pounds ground beef tenderloin
3/4 cup toasted bread crumbs
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup Maytag blue cheese (crumbled)
6 large tomatoes (cored and insides removed)
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Brown Gravy:
3/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup red wine
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Sauté vegetables in oil. Add meat and bread crumbs and brown to medium. Once cooked, add 1/2 the Parmesan cheese and blend until melted. Season with salt and pepper. Cool in large container covered with perforated plastic wrap to allow steam to escape. When cool, add blue cheese. Place 3-ounce portion into tomato. bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Garnish with remaining Parmesan and top with Brown Gravy.

Brown Gravy:
Combine ingredients in saucepan and heat over medium heat. Serve over baked tomatoes.


Fun Fact: Storing ripe tomatoes in the refrigerator will cause them to lose some of their flavor.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 6
Total Calories: 608
Calories from Fat: 176

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