Another Paula Dean recipe I will never make again.

16 years ago

I don't think she has anything new. She just takes a good southern recipe that has been around for generations and adds to it, mostly fat. I grew up 45 miles from her home town of Albany, Ga. Should have known better. Here is her recipe for tomato pie. Try it and let me know what you'll think.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/tomato-pie-recipe/index.html

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roseluver

16 years ago

Her recipe has way to much cheese and pastry. This is my recipe. I've won 2 contest using this recipe. It can be
put in pastry shell but we like it better without it.

7 ripe tomatoes, sliced
1 yellow onion, sliced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup shredded mozarella cheese
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Ground black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons fresh basil, chopped (halved)
2 teaspoons fresh oregano, chopped (halved)

Preheat oven to 350. Slice onion and place in bottom
of pie plate. Slice tomatoes and arrange over onions. Pepper to taste. Sprinkle with half of basil and oregano.

In medium bowl combine cheeses and mayonnaise. Spread this mixture over the tomatoes. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Enjoy

I hope you like this tried and true recipe.

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glenda_al
16 years ago
TOMATO PIE

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glenda_al
16 years ago
arosegirl, wondering if it can be made ahead and served cold????????
redcurls
16 years ago
arosegirl...what do you do with the OTHER HALF of the basil and oregano? Your directions only say to sprinkle HALF the amount on top of the tomatoes. Thanks.
roseluver
16 years ago
I am sorry sprinkle half on top of the tomatoes and half on top of the mayo and cheeses.
Glenda, I love this so much I believe it could be eaten cold if - you have good tomatoes.
LorifromUtah
16 years ago
I don't care for Paula Dean's recipes for the same reasons you state. I don't like the Pioneer Woman's recipe for the same reasons. Both woman take recipes that has been printed in every church/4H Club recipe book for the last fifty years and they add another cup of butter or an addition herb or seasoning and make it their own.

I'm glad you posted this.
Gave me a chance to chime in with my opinion!

Lori
dances_in_garden
16 years ago
I like the idea of her recipes, but any I have tried have been too sweet, too salty, or too greasy for our tastes. Sure, I could tweak. But really, there are too many other recipes out there to bother playing, ya know?

I have also yet to have a Martha Stewart recipe turn out, or be something I would make again.
gardencrone
14 years ago
HUmmmmmm.....maybe the hidden fact is that Paula took us BACK to our roots. After nouvelle cuisine and using dry ice and peelings of cucumbers and other roughage, it was great to get back to grandma's meatloaf and tomato pie. Maybe we missed the point.
roseluver
9 years ago
Yes, it can be served cold. I much prefer it warmed. Made another one yesterday.
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9 years ago
I have never heard of tomato pie. I don't think it's something I could even try.
artemis_ma
9 years ago
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I'm gonna pass. Grandmother never made tomato pie. (Edit: and she was a good cook from Kentucky, her grits casserole was to die for.)
dandyrandylou
9 years ago
artemis - do you have your grandmother's grits casserole recipe to share?
artemis_ma
9 years ago
Alas, no. I do know it had cheddar cheese in it, but she passed away well before I got fascinated by cooking.
Sherry8aNorthAL
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
This sounds good. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/232702/kentucky-garlic-cheese-grits/Or maybe this one. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/kentucky-derby-creamy-cheddar-grits-souffle-recipe-1956776

I have a Tomato Pie recipe that I cut out of the newspaper years ago. It is very good, but is so greasy, it kills my stomach. I probably couldn't stand it now.
arcy_gw
9 years ago
For those of us who are not from the south and or not acquainted with these sorts of recipes could you tell us more. When I hear pie I hear DESSERT. It confuses me greatly to hear about sweet potato/tomato pie. I am guessing these are used as vegetable side dishes? With the cheese possibly a vegetarian main course? What is the base/original meaning of the word "pie"? I love a hearty "pot pie" ! Why do I think it is anything with a crust? From what I hear back in the day cooks added fat and sugar to anything and everything. I was SHOCKED when in my 20s my hair dresser told me of an argument she and her mom had over Thanksgiving creamed corn with a cup of sugar in it. Sugar in vegetables was just NEVER anything I ever experienced. In our zest to move toward healthier eating some feel much flavor has been lost. SUGAR being the flavor most missed. LOL
arkansas girl
9 years ago
arcy, I can't speak for the tomato pie because I've never heard of it. I'm from Texas. A sweet potato pie is just like a pumpkin pie only you use sweet potatoes instead of pumpkin. To me, it tastes the same, others may disagree. My mother didn't make a bunch of sweet vegetables. She didn't like it. We had savory vegetable dishes. I hate vegetable dishes with tons of sugar. I can't stand the sweet BBQ sauce that everyone loves up here in the North either. We had spicy BBQ sauce in my home growing up, not sugary.
auntpetunia
9 years ago
I grew up in rural GA (and my parents did too) and I never had tomato pie until I was in my 20's. I do like it -but never had it growing up at the many church suppers and family get togethers that had many southern dishes.

We did not put sugar in vegetables aside from sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving. Maybe some of these things were even more regional? We did overcook vegetables by todays standards often adding bacon or ham or bacon grease.

Arcy sweet potato pie is a dessert however sweet potato casserole is a side dish. LOL

At almost every meal in the summer we would have sliced tomatoes that we would eat with salt and pepper, we also often had a dish of home grown cucumbers with onion and vinegar.

Another Paula Dean recipe I will never make again.

roseluver

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