BLUE CHEESE BROILED TOMATOES

4 large tomatoes
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp dried leaf basil
1/4 tsp salt
dash pepper
1 cup soft bread crumbs
2 tbsp melted butter
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese

Cut stem ends off tomatoes and cut each tomato into 2 thick slices. Put on broiler rack. Combine sugar, basil, salt and pepper and sprinkle little of mixture on each tomato slice. Slip under hot broiler and broil 2 minutes. Add bread crumbs to melted butter and toss lightly with a fork. Add blue cheese and toss again lightly. Spoon on tomato slices and slip under broiler until crumbs are nicely browned, about 1 minute. Serve immediately