OVEN DRIED TOMATOES

OVEN DRIED TOMATOES
18 ripe tomatoes
sea salt
6 cloves garlic – crushed with a little salt
8 tbsp chopped oregano
freshly ground black pepper
extra virgin olive oil

Preheat the oven to the lowest heat setting.
Slice the tomatoes in half horizontally and scoop out most of the seeds.
Salt the insides and turn cut side down on a wire cake tray – leave for half an hour then rinse and dry.
Mix the crushed garlic with the oregano and black pepper.
Spread this mix over the cut side of the tomatoes.
Place the tomatoes cut side up in a roasting tray and dribble over olive oil into the tray.
Cook in a low oven at 100 C for three hours or leave in the sun for up to two days taking them in at night.
Place the tomatoes in a sterilized jar and cover with extra virgin oil. Use in any recipe that requires sun dried tomatoes.
Oil packed sun dried tomatoes with fresh herbs or garlic added must be refrigerated.

SOURCE:  Heiner Lange