All American Classic Stewed Tomatoes

I'm sure you've had stewed tomatoes from a can,
these are a hundred times better as is most things
made from fresh vegetables from the garden.


Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
4 slices fresh ginger,peeled and julienned
1/4 teaspoon paprika
Pinch ground cloves
1/4 pound yellow onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
3 pounds ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into 1-inch wedges
2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 1/4-cup water
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Freshly ground black pepper

Directions:
In a glass or ceramic dish (11 by 14 by 2 inches),combine butter, sugar, salt, ginger, paprika, cloves and onion.
Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent for 4 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes. Push tomatoes to the edge of
the dish so that they make a ring,
leaving an open area in the center.
Cover dish tightly with polyvinyl microwave plastic wrap.
Cook at 100 percent for 8 minutes.
Pierce plastic and stir in dissolved cornstarch.
Patch plastic. Cook at 100 percent for 3 minutes longer.
Prick plastic. Uncover carefully.
Stir in lemon juice and pepper to taste.
Serve immediately.