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If you don't have hot Mediterranean sun to dry your tomatoes, try this method instead:

It's really tasty way to use up a glut of [[Tomatoes|tomatoes]], especially the split and 'spoilt' ones. This year, our Sungold tomatoes were not the same as they usually are, they had tough, flavourless skins and were pretty nasty, truth be told. I tried this experiment on the remaining harvest and from a preliminary taste while they are still cooking, I wish I had more of them!

This makes a brilliant [[pizza]] topping.
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|TotalCalories = 588
|PortionCalories = 58
|DatePublished=28th February 2013
|Author=Chef
|ImageComment = Oven-dried tomatoes - done
|Servings = Servings: 10 - Makes 1 small jar
|Difficulty = 2
|TotalTime = 6 hours, 15 minutes
|PrepTime = 15 minutes
|CookTime = 6 hours
|Image = [[Image:Sun-dried tomatoes at home 1.jpg|middle|none|alt=Electus]]

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====Best recipe review====

''I did this with our tomato glut''

5/5 

What a great idea for using up the masses of tomatoes that get left over at the end of the season

 [[User:TheJudge|The Judge]] 
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 30 [[Tomatoes|tomatoes]], washed and halved (top to bottom). Cut larger ones into smaller pieces so they are all a similar size.
| 5 [[Cloves|cloves]] of [[Garlic]], peeled and crushed
| 2 teaspoons [[Fennel seeds|fennel seeds]], crushed in a [[Pestle and mortar|pestle and mortar]]
| 1 tablespoon [[Demerara sugar|demerara sugar]]
| 2 teaspoons [[Sea Salt|sea salt]]
| [[Freshly ground black pepper]]
| Plenty of [[Olive oil|olive oil]]

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===[[Mise en place]]===
* Preheat the [[Oven|oven]] to 100° C (225° F - gas ¼)
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Image:Sun-dried tomatoes at home 2.jpg|Oven-dried tomatoes - ready for the oven
Image:Sun-dried tomatoes at home 3.jpg|Sungold tomatoes - the colourful ingredients
Image:Sun-dried peppers and tomatoes.jpg|A version with hot and sweet peppers and tomatoes
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===Method===

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| Lightly [[Oil|oil]] an [[Oven|oven]] tray
| Distribute the halved [[Tomatoes|tomatoes]], skin-side down
| Put the [[Garlic|garlic]], 3 tablespoons [[Olive oil|olive oil]], [[Sugar|sugar]], [[Fennel|fennel]] and half of the [[Salt|salt]] in a bowl and ensure that is well mixed.
| Spoon the mixture over the [[Tomatoes|tomatoes]]
| Season with [[Pepper|pepper]] and the remaining [[Salt|salt]] and drizzle well with [[Olive oil|olive oil]]
| [[Roast]] for 6 hours or until there is just a tiny amount of liquid left. Keep your eye on them because once all of the liquid evaporates,, they burn really quickly. Once properly roasted they will be like little [[Toffee|toffee]] taste bombs. If you don't eat them all immediately, store them in a [[Lock and lock|lock and lock]] box in the [[Fridge|fridge]]
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===Serving suggestions===
Eat like [[Sweets|sweets]] or scatter over a [[Salad|salad]]
===Chef's notes===
I used [[Basil|basil]] flavoured [[Olive oil]], just because I had some spare, use any flavoured [[Oils|oils]] and experiment with different [[Herbs|herbs]] and [[Spices|spices]].
===Variations===
I recently tried a variation using home grown [[sweet peppers]], home grown [[chili peppers]] and [[tomatoes]]. I roasted them and left them a little wetter than I normally would then blitzed them in a [[food processor]] with a metal blade. The resulting [[purée]] is now in the fridge, ready for the next batch of [[pizza making]]!

==See also==
* [[Sun-dried tomato recipe]]
* [http://yardday.com/gardening/eating-growing-tomatoes-benefits The benefits of growing and eating tomatoes - ''Yardday.com'']

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