Great Balls of Summer..recipe

Ok we are now heavily into tomato production and have loads of inexpensive really great tomatoes in the markets..here is a quick way to make a great dinner/supper everyone will enjoy

Great Balls of Summer

allow 4  ripe tomatoes per person ( salad size) or 1 1/2 cups small cherry
sea salt
ground black pepper
grape seed oil
torn basil leaves ( or fresh oregano)

red wine vinegar to drizzle

any kind of cheese (optional) but great with "Buffalo" Mozzarella

Method

pre heat oven to 400f
 Arrange top shelf just one rung down

Mark a small slit, with a knife in bottom ( away from the stalk end)  of each tomato
Place, stalk end down in an ovenproof dish.
Lightly drizzle with oil and sprinkle lightly with salt & pepper.
Place in very hot oven for 8-10 minutes until skins blister, remove from oven and sprinkle with red wine vinegar and torn basil leaves

Serve on room temp plates ( if using cheese place cooked tomatoes on top of cheese), adding roasting juices.
When eating the tomatoes will burst and allow their sweet warm juices to flow from the "almost" roasted tomatoes.

Serve with a green salad and crusty Rustic Breads..fabulous easy late summer-early Fall meal.