Preparing Sun Dried Tomatoes

See Recipe Below

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Ingredients

One bag of Roma or paste tomato

Directions

Slice them in half and lay them out on baking sheets skin side down.  They shrink a lot so they can be crowded on the baking sheets to start.

After slicing them, they simply go into a 200°F oven until dried – approximately 12 hours depending on the type and size of tomato used.  I like to start checking them after about half the time - the photo below shows what these looked like at 6 hours.

I continue checking them and removing any that are ready until they’ve all dried to my liking. 

Then I store them in a ziplock bag in the freezer, and they’re conveniently on-hand whenever I need them.

  Simply remove as many as  needed from the ziplock and soften in a small amount of oil or water (depending on the recipe) prior to using.  The photo below shows the final product before being packaged for storage.

 

Adapted From http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/09/11/homemade-sun-dried-tomatoes-oven-dried-really