Tomato week: Part one

Holy tomatoes, Batman!

I have literally been pulling pounds of tomatoes out of my garden several times a week. They are taking over! So, I have been trying every tomato recipe I can find. Every meal I have made for the last 8 days has featured tomatoes. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. About 2 days into this and my 7 year old said, "Let me guess,mom, this week is tomato week and everything we eat has to have tomatoes in it."

I gave her peanut butter and jelly in her lunch box today.

Here is a new recipe we tried early on in "Tomato week"before baking

Tomato Onion Phyllo Pizza

5 tablespoons butter, melted
14 sheets phyllo dough (14 inches x 9 inches)
7 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 cup thinly sliced onion
1 pound plum tomatoes, sliced
1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Brush a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan with some of the melted butter. Unroll phyllo dough; cut stack into a 10-1/2-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Discard scraps. Line bottom of prepared pan with two sheets of phyllo dough (sheets will overlap slightly). Brush with butter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers 5 times. (Keep dough covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel until ready to use to prevent it from drying out.) Top with layers of remaining phyllo dough; brush with remaining butter. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese; arrange onion and tomatoes over cheese. Sprinkle with oregano, thyme, salt, pepper and remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Yield: 28 slices.

We liked this pizza, but were not crazy about the crust. That might be because I found some phyllo dough in the back of my freezer and used that (I can't remember the last time I purchased phyllo...)and so it tasted a little...dusty.

I used walla walla sweet onions, because they are SOOO good. I also used basil instead of oregano because that is what I had growing in the garden. Although I love the way my pizza looked and it was nice to be able to cut slices without onion for the kids, I should have mixed the onions and tomatoes together more. The best flavor was tomato and sweet onion in the same bite. We will be making this again, but I will try using puff pastry for a crust and call it a tart. Or maybe I will just use phyllo that is not years(?) old.