Stuffed Tomatoes with Arborio Rice (Tomato Gemista) – AΦRODITE's KITCHEN | A Cyprus Food Blog

Ingredients

• 6 juicy, ripe tomatoes
• 1 very large onion
• 500ml tomato passata
• 1 tsp sugar
• 10 tbs olive oil
• 1 finely chopped small onion
• 2 tbs chopped yellow pepper (you can also used the same amount of chopped celery, red or green pepper if you wish)
• 3 chopped garlic cloves
• 1 cup of arborio rice
• 3 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1.5 tbs butter
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 75g pine nuts