Because the tomatoes at this time of the year are so watery and tasteless, I thought I’d try this trick to perk them up a bit.
oven-dried tomatoes, originally uploaded by Harry R.
The recipe is based on one from Madhur Jaffrey. The tomatoes are halved, de-seeded, sprinkled with salt, pepper, olive oil, garlic, chilli and fresh thyme, then cooked in the oven at 70C for about 7 hours. They have an intense, tomato-y flavour but still have a bit of squish to them: they’re not as chewy as sun-dried tomatoes usually are.