Oven dried tomatoes
It's super easy to make up batches of oven dried tomatoes and use them in some totally tempting tomato based recipes.
First of all let's make up a tray of oven dried tomatoes, you can use any of the small varieties of tomatoes you like, my favourites include cherry tomatoes, piccolo tomatoes and baby plum tomatoes or a mix of all three. It's also nice to use different coloured tomatoes.
Our favourite mouthwatering ways to use oven dried tomatoes.
Bruschetta topping - load these beautifully sweet oven dried tomatoes onto garlic brushed bruschetta, drizzle with olive oil and perhaps a shaving of Parmesan cheese.
Mozzarella salad - scatter torn mozzarella and oven dried tomatoes onto a small platter, drizzle with olive oil, add some freshly chopped parsley and lemon zest, freshly sliced chilli if you like things spicy.
Spaghetti sauce - drop freshly cooked spaghetti into the roasting tin with the oven dried tomatoes and toss to coat in the lovely flavours. Serve with a green salad.
Pizza - whizz the tomatoes in the blender and use as the tomato base sauce on pizza. Top with mozzarella, sliced mushrooms and sprigs of thyme.
Antipasti - tip the oven dried tomatoes into a little dish and serve as part of an antipasti spread.
Cheese board - delicious alongside crusty french bread, cheese, olives and freshly sliced figs.
Stuffed chicken breasts - slice open a chicken breast stuff with tomatoes, wrap with parma ham and bake in the oven for a juicy flavoursome twist. Serve with garlicky mashed potatoes and green beans.
Oven dried tomatoes
Oven dried tomatoes are a delicious way to serve tomatoes. Perfect on cheeseboards and more.
Ingredients
- 1kg baby plum tomatoes
- 2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- zest of a lemon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- pinch cracked black pepper
- 1 tbs olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 100C
- Wash your tomatoes and slice them into halves.
- Lay them into a roasting tin with the cut side facing upwards.
- scatter over a pinch of sea salt, the lemon zest, the brown sugar and a good sprinkling of fresh or dried thyme and oregano leaves.
- drizzle with the olive oil.
- place the roasting tin into the oven and cook for around 3 hours until the tomatoes are semi-dry.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 60Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 397mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 2g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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