As gardening season involves an finish, you’re in all probability questioning what to do with all of the veggies you grew over the summer time. Nicely, now’s the right time to begin serious about drying and preserving your bounty! Get the ball rolling with these fantastic recipes for dried tomatoes.
The next recipes are from Preserving Meals with out Freezing or Canning by the Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante. They’ve been tailored for the net.
Tomatoes Dried Naturally
- Tomatoes
- Almond oil (or one other delicate oil)
- A clear rag
- Drying equipment
- A glass jar
Tomatoes are by far the vegetable most frequently preserved by drying in numerous varieties. We want to make use of the ‘Beefsteak’ selection, a pulpy tomato with fewer seeds.
Peel the tomatoes. (If this poses an issue, soak them for just a few seconds in boiling water.) Lower them lengthwise (from backside to prime) into slices roughly 1/4-inch thick and take away the seeds.
Place the slices on a clear rag to soak up the juice. Oil the dryer display screen flippantly, ideally with delicate almond oil, in order that the slices won’t stick. When the slices are dry on one aspect, flip them over; they are going to be laborious when dry. Retailer the tomatoes effectively packed in a glass jar.
To make use of, pour one cup of boiling water over one-half to three-quarter ounces of dried tomatoes per particular person, and depart them to melt for a couple of minutes. Add a teaspoon of olive oil, season to your tate, and serve with a purée or a grain dish. We additionally add these tomatoes to grains or greens which might be almost executed cooking.
—Odile Angeard, Cognin
Stuffed Dried Tomatoes in Oil
- Tomatoes
- Parsley
- Garlic
- Anchovy fillets (non-obligatory)
- Recent basil leaves (non-obligatory)
- Oil
- Drying equipment
- A glass jar
I dry my tomatoes in a photo voltaic dryer, minimize in half and seeded (simply executed with a small spoon). When the tomatoes are dry, stuff slightly finely chopped parsley and garlic between the 2 halves.
In case you like, add an anchovy fillet, or a basil leaf. Place the reassembled tomatoes in a jar and canopy with oil. These are scrumptious added to a salad throughout winter.
—Nameless
Solar-Dried Tomatoes in Oil
Variation 1:
- 4 lbs. tomatoes
- 1 lb. coarse salt
- Oil
- Drying equipment
- Gauze
- A clear, dry fabric
- Glass jars
Select very ripe, small, rectangular tomatoes. The Italian selection “Principe Borghese’ is a wonderful drier, as are many smaller plum or “paste” tomatoes.
Lower the tomatoes in half, place them on a tray set within the solar, add salt, and canopy with gauze to guard from bugs. Through the day, flip the tomatoes over twice; at evening, convey them inside to guard from moisture.
A couple of days later, once you see that they’re very dry however not completely dehydrated, take away a few of the salt with a clear, dry fabric.
Put the tomatoes into jars and canopy them with roughly three-quarters of an inch of oil over the tomatoes, coming as much as three-eights of an inch beneath the rim.
Shut the jars tightly and retailer them in a cool place. In Italy, tomatoes preserved on this method are eaten as hors d’oeuvres, with no further preparation.
Marie-Christine Martinot-Aronica, St. Dizier
Variation 2:
- Tomatoes
- Vinegar
- Sizzling peppers, mint leaves, or complete garlic cloves (non-obligatory)
- Oil
- Drying equipment
- A glass jar
Select tomatoes which might be agency and fully intact, ideally plum tomatoes. Lower them in half lengthwise. Permit them to dry on trays within the solar, bringing them in every time it’s humid, and in at evening to keep away from dampness. When they’re dry, soak the tomatoes in heat vinegar for twenty minutes.
Drain and put them in a jar, alternating layers of tomatoes with one or two sizzling peppers, mint leaves, or complete cloves of garlic. Press effectively to permit any air to flee, after which cowl with oil. These tomatoes will hold for a really very long time. We eat them as hors d’oeuvres or with rice, pasta, meat, or fish.
—Babette Cezza, Vergt
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