Tomatoes have long and firmly settled on our tables. We can not imagine a summer lunch or dinner without a fresh tomato or a salad of them. In the winter, any garnish or meat dish can not be imagined without a salted or pickled tomato. They are present in almost every recipe: from a simple sandwich to an ornate hot snack.
If you want to make variety in your diet, we will tell you how to make sun dried tomatoes at home and thereby get not only a delicious and aromatic snack, but also a perfect filling for any dish. Sun-dried tomatoes can be used in the preparation of pasta, soup and salad, with meat and fish, they also perfectly combined.
Sun-dried tomatoes in the oven
So, if you decide to cook an unusual snack in your kitchen, the recipe for cooking a dried tomato in the oven will come in handy.
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 1 kg;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt sea - ½ tsp;
- oregano - 1 teaspoon;
- thyme - 3 g;
- vegetable or olive oil - 50 ml.
Preparation
Before you start making sun-dried tomatoes, you need to choose good ripe vegetables, preferably one size. When the tomatoes are selected, wash them, dry and cut into halves. Then, using a teaspoon, remove the middle from the halves.
Garlic, peel and cut into thin strips. Mix salt and dried herbs. Now spread the halves of tomatoes on a baking tray, in each of them, pour a little mixture of herbs and salt and put one or two strips of garlic. Pour a few drops of oil into each slice.
Put a baking tray with tomatoes in the oven and cook at the lowest temperature. You will take it about 3-4 hours, but it all depends on the oven, so make sure that the tomatoes are not burnt and do not overdo. You can store sun-dried tomatoes in a glass jar in the refrigerator.
Sun-dried tomatoes in a microwave oven
If you have a microwave and you want to cook sun-dried tomatoes, but do not want to spend a few hours on it, we'll share a way how to cook sun-dried tomatoes in a microwave oven.
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 4 pcs .;
- herbs and spices (any) - 2 teaspoons;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Wash tomatoes, cut in half and lay them in a dish with sides upwards. Sprinkle with spices and pour oil. Set the microwave at full power and put a dish of tomatoes in it for 5 minutes. When the time runs out, leave everything in the microwave for another 10 minutes.
Then take out the tomatoes, pour the juice from the bottom together with the oil, and send it back to the microwave for a few more minutes. Garlic cut into thin plates. Juice with tomato and butter a little salt. Put the tomatoes in a glass jar, add the garlic slices and pour it all with the juice and butter. Cover the jar with a lid and refrigerate for 12 hours.
Sun-dried tomatoes in oil - recipe
Excellent dried tomatoes at home are obtained if you cook them in butter with herbs.
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 1 kg;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- olive oil or vegetable oil - 0.5 liters;
- black ground pepper, sea salt, dried herbs.
Preparation
Wash and dry tomatoes. Cut into halves or quarters and remove the core from them. Put the tomatoes on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, so that they are closely adjacent to each other. Salt and pepper.
In each part of the tomato, drip a few drops of oil and send the pan to the oven, heated to 60-100 degrees.
When the tomatoes are ready, they will significantly decrease in size, put them in jars, on the bottom of which lay pieces of garlic, herbs and drip some oil. Fill 1/3 of the can with tomatoes, pour a little oil, add spices and tomatoes again. Alternate the ingredients in this way until the pot is filled. At the end, slightly tamp the tomatoes and pour so that the oil completely covers them.
Close the jars and send to the refrigerator or in a cool, dark place.