Sun-dried tomatoes for the winter - a homemade recipe for making sun-dried tomatoes in the oven.

Sun-dried tomatoes for the winter

The recipe for homemade sun-dried tomatoes in oil is very simple and will require very little work on your part. But in winter, such sun-dried tomatoes are a real find, which will not only add variety to any dish, but also saturate it with vitamins. Also, this preparation will help you save money on fresh tomatoes in winter. After all, prices for them at this time of year simply “bite”.

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How to make sun-dried tomatoes at home.

In principle, any tomatoes are suitable for this preparation. But it’s better, after all, to use dense, oblong ones. Divide the thoroughly washed fruits into halves and place them on a baking sheet, which you first cover with parchment. This procedure will help you avoid tomatoes sticking to the leaf.

Tomatoes for drying

You can sprinkle the tomato halves with your favorite spices (for example, cinnamon), but not with salt. Now put the tomatoes in the oven. They will dry well in a slightly open oven heated to 160 degrees. The process can be interrupted and dried in 2-3 stages. Readiness will be indicated by the appearance of the tomatoes, which will lose their fresh elasticity and change color to a more saturated one.

Sun-dried tomatoes in the oven

Place hot, sun-dried tomatoes tightly in sterile jars, pour in heated vegetable oil and close with lids.

Sun-dried tomatoes in oil

Keep these preparations cool.

Sun-dried tomatoes in oil

Sun-dried tomatoes in oil can be successfully used as a complete side dish for meat, in the preparation of pastas, solyankas, pilaf, soups and borscht. Such tomatoes will give the food both an appetizing color and turn it into an amazing dish in terms of taste. You can easily make an excellent snack from such a preparation. To do this, you just need to put slices of sun-dried tomatoes on a piece of rye bread, sprinkling them with salt and/or chopped garlic.


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