Tomatoes are not at their peak right now but that shouldnt stop you from getting creative in your approach to them. I took some average hot house tomatoes and I sliced them pretty thick, salted them up and dried them out.
The flavor intensifies in these dried babies and mixed with a little olive oil and some pasta produces an amazing and simple dish, summer flavor without the summer.
If you cant let go of winter then a simple soup of these tomatoes, potatoes, and some thin sliced beef make a hearty and filling soup that is also oh so very light.
24 comments:
What a great idea to dry the tomatoes! I love tomatoes anytime.
The tomatoes look delicious!
Did you know salsa is the perfect food?
5 star: it really adds a flavor punch to soups and pastas
emily: they do look pretty dont they?
ap: is it? is there a protein in there somewhere?
Can summer not come earlier?
I love tomatoes! How long does it take to dry them? Did you have to add salt more then once.
Yum yum
Dry them in the dehydrator? I got another dehydrator from my eldest for Christmas... problem is I never recieved it! Lost in shipping, I guess...
mmm! I love tomatoes--I've been going nuts on the canned ones recently. I can't wait for summer to return...
I can't wait until it's tomato season already ... be gone, winter, be gone!
kang: hey its summer in australia - does that help?
spin: depends on how salty you wan them - 4 hours or so
buff: yup the dehydrator - too bad you have one missing - I need to get extra racks for mine.
tavolini: well these are nothing like a fresh summer tomato but they are doing the job now - I have some in olive oil that are from the summer.
cate: I am with you on that - maybe if we all chant loud enough it will work...
That looks wonderful! Your tomoatoes look great...the color is outstanding!
Broiled tomatoes are excellent, too! Even with the crummy hothouse tomatoes, heat releases flavor!
You need deep-fried tortilla chips with which to scoop the salsa - that's the protein.
these look FABULOUS!!!! I use my sun dried oil all the time and it is so yummy!!!
you give good head Dog...oops! I mean, IDEAS!!! ;)
I love my tomatoes too much, can't buy anything but cherry tomatoes in the winter, which are always dependable and sweet.
I roast them for sauces and pop em in whole!
I need a dehydrator, deli meat slicer and panini press! The list keeps growing!
What do you think,could I dry them on low heat in my oven for hours?
I say tomato you say tomato...
harmony: these are fake tomatoes......just kidding
ap: maybe together they form a protein
beth: I still have some of my oil from the summer too - its good isnt it?
stacey: cherry and sometimes roma tomatoes - plus those holland tomatoes for 5 bucks a pound are usually good too.
anette: you could and it works thats what beth did..
TBD: how do you know?
MMM makes my mouth water..
I love tomatoes...
Something about being in the dead of winter that makes me crave the taste of tomatoes....
just telling: good stuff right?
jeanne: its the taste of sunshine....
me loves tomatoes.
Yeah Tomatoes!!! anyway I can get'em...
...please where can I buy a unicorn?
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