1 Wash and dry the tomatoes, cut off a hat. Dig them with a spoon (reserve the pulp). Salt the inside and turn them over on absorbent paper. Preheat the oven to 210 °C (gas mark 7).
2 Peel and chop the onion, sauté it in an oiled pan. Thinly slice and chop the parsley. Peel and chop the garlic. In a bowl, mix the sausage meat with the onion, garlic, half the parsley and the Cognac. Season with salt and pepper.
3 Fill the tomatoes with the stuffing and place them in an oven dish. Coarsely chop the pulp of the tomatoes, slice the shallots. Spread them around the tomatoes, together with the thyme, bay leaf and the remaining parsley. Salt and pepper
4 Pour a drizzle of oil and the wine over the tomatoes. Put in the oven and cook for 30 to 40 minutes. Serve hot.