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Reaping the rewards…

Remember my last post with the dozens and dozens of tomatoes waiting for me to decide how best to use them?   I visited a few blogs to give me some hints (thanks for the suggestions in the last comments, by the way.  Many of you were spot on!).

In the end I kept it simple…

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I adore semi-dried tomatoes, so I used Smitten Kitchen’s recipe  for achieving a decadent, fabulous slow roasted tomato. As Deb says:

Prepare to have your mind blown!

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It was simple – halving my Roma tomatoes, drizzling olive oil and sprinkling some dried herbs.

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Not forgetting unpeeled garlic cloves dotted amongst the tomato halves…

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Not all the tomatoes were perfect enough for the roasting, so I chopped them and cooked them on the stove (in my much-loved, one-handled Bessemer pot) with olive oil, garlic and some Italian herbs into a tomato sauce…

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Mmmmmmm….

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The smell in my kitchen was superb.  The oven was only at 100C and on for about 4 hours.  I left it  a little longer than Deb recommended cause I love the intensity of a well-reduced tomato!

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The result?

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Bloody scrumptious. I had trouble keeping Mr Incredible AWAY from the cooling trays.

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We have already used some of the slow-roasted tomatoes on pizza (with paper-thin salami, fetta, chicken and a TINY sprinkling of melting cheese).  The garlic bread topped with a tomato piece melted in our mouths too!

The tomato sauce was used almost immediately on a simple pasta yesterday…

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I added slivers of ham and some extra herbs. And fresh-grated parmesan.

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Lunch on the deck…

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The whole family loves this weekend lunchtime treat.  And the best taste-enhancer of all?

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Eating with loved ones…

🙂

BB

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How bout you? 

Favourite tomato recipes, or ways of using semi-dried/slow-roasted tomatoes? 

Please share…

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