Many, probably, heard of a great snack of Mediterranean origin - dried tomatoes , and some, perhaps, even prepared it at home. But not everyone knows how to properly use this gorgeous dish. Today we will tell you what to eat and where to add sun-dried tomatoes in oil and you, by using our recommendations and recipes, will be able to enjoy such an unusual, but very tempting and incredibly tasty spicy delicacy.
With what do you eat and where do you add sun dried tomatoes?
The easiest way to absorb this stunning snack is to flavor it with a slice of fresh bread with soft cheese. It turns out an incredibly delicious original sandwich. Also, dried tomatoes are great in baking, if they are finely chopped and added to the bread dough during batching, or supplemented with filling for pies.
Italians successfully use dried tomatoes as one of the ingredients for pizza, the taste of which when added to this piece is transformed beyond recognition and acquires originality and uniqueness, and also throw such tomatoes in paste, making it simply irresistible.
There are a lot of salad recipes using dried tomatoes, as well as the spicy oil in which they are stored. Refueling on its basis gives the dish incredible taste and unique flavor.
The taste of dried tomatoes in oil is also perfectly combined with meat, fish and cutlets.
Below we offer several options for simple dishes with dried tomatoes.
Macaroni with sun dried tomatoes
Ingredients:
- tomatoes, sun-dried in oil - 120 g;
- pasta - 300 g;
- olive oil or spicy oil with tomato - 35 ml;
- grated Parmesan - 1/2 cup;
- fresh basil greens - 3-5 branches;
- salt and pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Boil the pasta until ready. Finely shred the sun-dried tomatoes and chop the previously washed and dried greens of basil, add to the container with pasta. Then we pour olive or spicy butter from the dried tomatoes, throw the grated Parmesan, salt and pepper to taste, mix and serve to the table.
Salad with dried tomatoes and chicken
Ingredients:
- tomatoes sun-dried in oil - 200 g;
- boiled chicken fillet - 450 g;
- soft cheese or brynza - 200 g;
- roccola salad - 1 bunch;
- olives without pits - 100 g;
- olive oil;
- lemon juice;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Preparation
Boiled chicken breast cut into small cubes or straws. Finely shred jerky tomatoes, chopped olive rings, and cheese cut into cubes.
Mix the prepared ingredients and rukkola in a large bowl and season with a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. You can also add a little spicy oil from a dried tomato, this will only improve the taste of the prepared dish.
Hot sandwiches with dried tomatoes and cheese
Ingredients:
- tomatoes sun-dried in oil - 120 g;
- fresh tomatoes - 550 g;
- baguette or white loaf - 1 piece;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- olive oil - 50 ml;
- Balsamic vinegar - 20 ml;
- fresh basil greens - 2-3 sprigs;
- mozzarella cheese or any other;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
We cut the dried and fresh tomatoes, finely chop the green basil and pre-peeled garlic, mix all the crushed ingredients, adding olive oil, balsamic vinegar and salt to taste and let it brew for ten minutes.
Baton or baguette sliced and dried them under the top grill in the oven for two minutes.
Now put the stuffing on the bread slices, sprinkle the top with grated cheese and stand in the oven for five minutes or until the cheese melts. We serve sandwiches to the table immediately hot.