The next best thing to homemade sundried tomatoes! They burst with flavor and are a cinch to make. Note that I do not even add olive oil, there is no need! The only trick is to have the time to forget about them in a very low oven for a few hours. They are wonderful as appetizers with a little goat cheese sprinkled on them, or simply naked, as a side dish.
Oven-Dried Tomatoes
Author: Catherine Katz
Serves: makes 36
Ingredients
- 18 small tomatoes*
- ¾ tsp coarse salt
- ½ tsp dry rosemary
- Fresh Thyme to taste
- * about 2 “ diameter—not the cherry ones, as they will shrink in size considerably when baked
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225 F.
- Rinse and dry the tomatoes and cut in half around the middle.
- Lay the tomatoes cut-side up in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with the salt, rosemary and fresh thyme and bake in preheated oven for 2½ hours.
Barbara says
June 16, 2016 at 6:38 amI made these with compari tomatoes. They were delicious!!!!
Catherine Katz says
June 17, 2016 at 10:06 amYUM!!!!
Deb says
February 8, 2016 at 11:26 amSimple. Easy. Good. What else can I say?
Catherine Katz says
February 8, 2016 at 11:33 amDeb– it’s the most perfect thing you could say!!!
Rose says
September 11, 2014 at 6:41 amMadame ,merci.
La préparation de ces petites tomates sont si faciles et si délicieuses.
Je vous avoue que j’ai appliqué au début votre recette sans trop de convictions:!:!!
Mais , Madame, , en plus d’être délicieuses , elles se conservent très bien et donne au plat principal une touche de rouge qui attire l’œil .
Merci
Rose
Catherine Katz says
September 14, 2014 at 12:27 pmQue ça me fait plaisir, Rose, que vous ayiez même remarqué combien elles sont aussi délicieuses que présentables! Merci pour ce beau compliment!J’adore!
Liz Paley says
September 8, 2014 at 7:34 amI love these as part of selection of interesting, healthy things when guests are arriving for a dinner party. These wonderfully flavorful tomatoes are a great upgrade from conventional crudite, and a much healthier alternative to a cheese plate.
Greg says
September 3, 2014 at 9:56 amI have a ton of tomatoes to use up- wondering how I might store these for future use? Thanks!
Catherine Katz says
September 3, 2014 at 12:36 pmWonderful question! They freeze beautifully! Just make sure you line them up in one layer on a shallow airtight tupperware and you are in for a treat all year round!
Choucroun.d says
August 30, 2014 at 11:16 pmCes tomates sont à la fois succulentes, faciles à réaliser , et tellement décoratives …
Merci
Catherine Katz says
August 31, 2014 at 6:03 pmMerci à vous! J’adore aussi cette petite recette, elle est si simple n’est-ce pas?!