Preserve your Summer Tomatoes

A great way to preserve late harvest summer tomatoes is to dehydrate them. Store-bought sun-dried tomatoes are so expensive and not nearly as good as the ones you can make yourself.

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Ingredients:

Amazing summer tomatoes

S&P

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1) Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Meanwhile, cut tomatoes into equal pieces (I prefer mine quartered), season, and place on oiled sheet tray. 

2) Dehydrate tomatoes for 6-8 hours, or until moisture is gone but tomatoes are still flexible.

3) Place inside a sterilized glass jar with air-tight lid and fill with extra virgin olive oil.


Enjoy your dried tomatoes (which plump up in the olive oil) in pesto, on pasta, on bread, in salad, or any other way you can imagine! Dehydrating tomatoes concentrates their flavor, so a few go a long way.