Potatoes with tomatoes and cheese baked in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake potatoes with cheese and tomatoes in the oven? From the ingredients you will need 4-5 medium-sized potato tubers, three ripe tomatoes, a bunch of fresh dill, a couple of garlic cloves, hard cheese, refined vegetable oil, spices.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut into thin slices (about 3 mm thick). It is convenient to use a special grater or combine when slicing, then the potato plates will turn out to be equally thin and more accurate.

3. Step 3:

   

   Lightly lubricate any heat-resistant mold with high sides with vegetable oil (with a high degree of smoking). Lay out half of the sliced potatoes in a uniform layer.

4. Step 4:

   

   Which tomatoes to choose? It is better if the tomatoes are strong, juicy and ripe. Soft fruits when sliced and cooked will not retain their shape and turn into porridge, which will spoil the appearance of the dish. Wash them, dry them with paper towels. Cut into thin rings with a sharp knife.

5. Step 5:

   

   Spread half of the sliced tomatoes evenly over the potato layer.

6. Step 6:

   

   How to prepare the dressing? Pour odorless vegetable oil into a small container. Add garlic passed through the press to it. Add salt. Mix well. Instead of vegetable oil, you can take sour cream of any fat content, natural yogurt without additives, or mix sour cream with mayonnaise in equal proportions (about 3 tablespoons each). Note that in this case the calorie content of the dish will be higher.

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   Wash the dill. Also dry with paper towels. Finely chop. Dill can be replaced with parsley.

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   Add the chopped greens to the dressing. Mix it up. If you think the sauce is too thick, pour 1-2 tablespoons of boiled water into it.

9. Step 9:

   

   Pour half the dressing over all the tomatoes.

11. Step 10:

    

    Pepper to taste. It is better to use freshly ground pepper, it is more fragrant.

12. Step 11:

    

    Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater. Take any delicious cheese that melts well in the oven. You can replace it with non-salted mozzarella or suluguni. Put 1/3 of the cheese on the tomatoes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Then alternate the layers in the same sequence. Lay out the second part of the potatoes.

14. Step 13:

    

    Spread tomatoes evenly on top.

15. Step 14:

    

    Pour the dressing. Pepper it

16. Step 15:

    

    Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

17. Step 16:

    

    Cover the mold with foil, but so that it does not come into close contact with the cheese, otherwise, after melting, it will all be on the foil, and not on the dish. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees in advance (10-15 minutes before cooking). Bake the dish for about 40 minutes, until the potatoes are soft. Since everyone bakes ovens differently, the baking time and temperature may need to be changed. Focus on the specifics of your technique.

18. Step 17:

    

    Remove the foil and bake for another 15 minutes without it to form an appetizing cheese crust.

19. Step 18:

    

    Baked potatoes with tomatoes and cheese can be served as an independent dish or as a side dish to meat. As an accompaniment, fresh or pickled vegetables are suitable. Serve immediately until the potatoes are cold. Enjoy your meal!