This BLT-Inspired Recipe Makes Out-of-Season Tomatoes Taste SO Good

Step 1

Bake bacon at 400°F, center rack, on slotted pan or wire rack-lined baking sheet

Step 2

Cool to handle and coarsely chop

Step 3

Cut tops off tomatoes and carefully seed and scoop out

Step 4

Season with salt and pepper and lightly spray with oil

Step 5

Coarsely process croutons

Step 6

Broil the tomatoes on high to brown edges, then add a layer of croutons, half the bacon, some cress, more croutons and Parm

Step 7

Brown 1 minute to melt Parm

Step 8

Top with a few more leaves of cress, the remaining bacon and parsley