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A stuffed tomato dish with beef, rice, dill, and tomato sauce.

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Why it works: Garlic and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Maschi

Time10 to 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Fry the chopped beef with salt, pepper, garlic powder, dill, and salad oil until the meat browns.

  2. Add the cooked rice and mix.

Stuff the tomatoes

  1. Cut a slit halfway across the center of each of the eight large tomatoes.

  2. Squeeze the sides to open the slit.

  3. Scoop out all the tomato flesh with a spoon.

  4. Refill each tomato with the beef mixture and close the tomato.

Brown and simmer

  1. Melt the butter and oil in a large skillet.

  2. Sauté the tomatoes in the fat, rolling them gently until they become dark red on all sides.

  3. Prepare the sauce and pour it over the tomatoes.

  4. Combine the tomato paste with water, salt, cinnamon, and garlic powder.

  5. Simmer the tomatoes gently over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes until the sauce is cooked.

Serve

  1. Transfer the tomatoes carefully to a 15‑inch round platter.

  2. Surround the platter with raw tomatoes cut into thick slices.

  3. Top each tomato slice with green olives.

  4. If any filling remains, place it in a suitable pan and bake it alongside the tomatoes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

726Calories
32 gProtein
41 gFat
56 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Rice + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Rice + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chopped beef
Provides the main filling, and browning it builds savory flavor in the stuffing.
Cooked rice
Bulks out the filling and absorbs juices, keeping the stuffing moist.
Tomatoes
Act as the edible shell that holds the filling and softens as they simmer.
Tomato paste
Thickens the sauce and adds concentrated tomato flavor and color.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the tomatoes brown on the outside.

The step that matters

Sautéing the tomatoes until dark red on all sides. Searing the skins in fat builds color and a deeper flavor, while gentle rolling keeps the stuffed tomatoes from splitting and losing their filling.

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, garlic, dill, rice, tomato, butter):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, garlic, dill, rice, tomato, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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