2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Do you like tomatoes? Ripe, juicy, fresh or canned, in salads, soups, appetizers… We suggest you try another option for cooking this vegetable - dried tomatoes.
The best recipes for such tomatoes can be found in Italian cuisine. In this warm country, the harvest is stored in the simplest and most durable way - with the help of the sun.
But there are other options - for example you can to dry the tomatoes in a special dryer or in a conventional oven. If you follow all the nuances of cooking, breakfast will be incredibly delicious. And then these tomatoes can be added to cakes, salads, to make various bruschettas, pasta, fragrant pesto.
See our detail quick workshop and prepare delicious dried tomatoes!
Products: tomatoes - 1.5 kg, refined vegetable oil - 250 ml, garlic - 2 cloves, salt - 1 tablespoon, dried rosemary - 1 pinch, dried thyme - 1 pinch, balsamic vinegar - 2 tbsp.
Method of preparation:
1. Rinse and dry the tomatoes. Cut the white part at the base and cut each tomato in half.
2. Place the vegetables on the cut work surface, salt them and leave for 30 minutes.
3. Then carefully use a spoon to remove the seeds and place the halves of the tomatoes on cut paper towels. This removes excess moisture.
4. Preheat the oven to 80–100 ° C. Cover the baking tray with baking paper, grease the paper with vegetable oil. Spread the tomato halves on top with the slices facing up. Place the pan in the oven, turn on the convection mode. The door can be left slightly open for better ventilation. Depending on the size and juiciness of the tomatoes, it will take 3.5-4 hours.
5. While the tomatoes are dried, prepare aromatic oil. To do this, heat the well-refined vegetable oil (do not bring it to a boil!), Add the dried herbs, stir and allow the oil to cool completely.
6. Sterilize the jars, at the bottom of each put chopped garlic cloves, pour 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar, add a pinch of salt. Fill the jars with tomatoes and pour aromatic oil so that it completely covers the vegetables. Close the jars with caps. Your summer breakfast is ready!
And more…
To prepare the preparation, it is better to use small fleshy fruits of the Roma type. Large and juicy tomatoes will need to be processed for a very long time, so it is better to abandon this option.
If desired, you can use various dried spices and herbs. If desired, add a little pepper-chili for spiciness. Both olive oil and sunflower oil are suitable oils.
Dried tomatoes after cooling to room temperature can be placed in a bag or container and stored in the freezer. Tomatoes in oil are stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.
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