Candied Tomatoes
I got all heavy on you the last post. Carpe diem and stuff. And I just preached a sermon this morning, so I'm going do myself a favor, lay off the life lessons, and just say:
YUM.
I was actually a little sick this morning from eating so many of these last night. They were the main course, accompanied by fried bread, goat cheese, a bowl of grapes, and an incredible salad I'll post about soon. Yancey sat across from me (love Saturday nights when we're all home), reaching for more tomatoes and saying repeatedly, "This is what I'm talkin' about."
I like them best with bread and cheese, but there are countless uses. I threw leftovers into a barley salad, and they're delicious tossed with pasta and cream. You'll be talking, too.
Candied Tomatoes
I'm misleading you a little bit here--these are really just oven-roasted tomatoes with a bit of sugar, but they taste like candy to me. Preheat oven to 250. Take about 2 pounds of roma or campari tomatoes and cut them in half. Lay them out on a jelly roll pan, cut side facing up. Drizzle a good amount of your best olive oil over them--about 1/3 c. Sprinkle a couple teaspoons of coarse salt, a generous grind of black pepper, and 1 Tb. sugar. Roast in the oven for about 5 hours, until they are shriveling up but still oily and juicy. Remove and let cool. You can remove them earlier or later--the consistency will change accordingly, but they'll be delectable no matter what.
August 8, 2010
Reader Comments (11)
Food of the gods, these are. We roasted 30 pounds or so (eep!) last year, and froze many, many. Oh, but they are so, so best right out of the oven. Mmmm...
(Stopped by to get that watermelon agua fresca number. Off in search of...)
I've never roasted mine for that long but I will try it next time. Maybe as a way to warm up my house on this gray August day. :) I love the idea of tossing them in pasta with cream!
These look sooo good. I am a farmer and have never oven dried tomatoes. I need to try some soon!
They look absolutely delicious! My girls will also devour them, so that's an added bonus.
yum squared.
Hi Sarah, I haven't checked your blog for awhile and it is always a joy to go back and read and view what I missed! You can preach any time you want. I will definitely try the tomatoes and the green bean potato salad. You inspire me to cook.
Please tell us those tomatoes are not from your garden! Where did you get them?!
these are now a stocked item at my house. so glad you shared the recipe!
Ooooohhhhh....these were just delectable!!!!! I purchased tomatoes (almost 4#')at the Bellingham Farmers Market (mine are not ready yet). Friends were coming for dinner so I thought they would be a nice treat. Indeed they were....."oh my goodness, so good", "do you have more or is this all?' , "how do you make these?" " I can't stop eating these"........were a few of the comments. I think they liked them!!
I now plan on buying a case(maybe two) and doing a whole *&^% load of them...packing them in olive oil and savoring them in December:-)........maybe ...if they last that long!!
Thanks for the culinary treat!!!! You never cease to amaze me:-)
Roasted tomatoes are so good! I will have to try they with a touch of sugar next time.
Nice site, nice story!