Smoked Tomatoes

smoked for three months?

i did some with light smoke



dried them for a few hours and stored them in olive oil.





next time i would cut them in half instead of slicing them as thin as i did, because some dried out almost becoming next to nothing :laugh:

kept in the fridge in olive oil. still have some

Borrowed the idea from Chubby a few years back, still have some in EVOO after 2 years.

I have done these a few times, in the oven at 250F and on the BGE 250-275F Borrowed the idea from Chubby. I use roman split lengthwise, deseeded, evoo, seasoning salt, italian seasoning garlic powder and the purple flowers from my basil bush. Careful toward the end. you need to keep checking 'cause some will dry out faster than the rest. usually 2-3 hours at 250F. I do cookie sheets with aluminum foil. After cooled I wrap in paper towel and place in refrigerator. Richard Fl. Fishlessman's look great.

Tomatoes, Dried, Chubby

Yesterday...I had the most wonderful smelling house...if you're Itallian, or Itallian at heart!!In order to get better flavor from tomatos this time of year I occassionally watch for Roma's (on sale), buy a bunch, and spend a couple days slow roasting/drying them to concentrate the flavors!!Pretty simple..




INGREDIENTS:



1 Procedure:
2 Slice lengthways....scoop out most of the seeds and juice.
3 Drizzle with "good" Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic.
4 Sprinkle with diced garlic, fresh ground black pepper, grey salt, sweet basil... and thyme.
5 Slow roast on a cooling rack over a sheet (or jelly roll) pan for 3-4 hours @ 275.
6 If you have a Convection oven...use it!
7 Store in the Refrigerator.


Recipe Type
Condiment

Recipe Source
Author: Chubby

Source: BGE Forum, Chubby, 2006/03/03

They sure come in handy for salads, pasta dishes, or as a condiment on sandwiches!!

They're a staple at "Chubby's Crib".. all year round!!

Evans

alright, yoo. these are great pics, which i don't recall seeing. you must be posting elsewhere, too. what gives? you cheating on us in another forum?

i've never considered doing tomatoes as an actual side dish. those look great.

PattyO

Never smoked them but have fire roasted for pasta sauce.



Steve

PattyO
The trouble with smoking/drying on BGE or in oven, is that they are so incredibly delish, they never make it to the 2nd day!
Nothing beats a really good tomato

No, just peeled, seeded and chopped. One of our grocery chains sells a house brand fire roasted tomato sauce and I wanted to see if it was better making my own. It was but a load of work.

Steve

ewwww
what rotten luck :S

actually I had checked a couple times and then the ol' outta sight outta mind thing took over! Oh well not a big loss as most all were cherry tomatoes anyway and probably no more than a pound of them at that.

Patty, nice post with many mouth watering contributions. I've only roasted tomatoes, sometimes slow roasting until dehydrated on the egg. They shrink up to nothing. I've never added smoke, just picked up a nice subtle smokiness from the lump.

Seems that you're into smoking EVERYTHING lately. :laugh: :laugh:

wow! what a great idea..... can't wait to try it.... a long way off.... till the next tomato harvest time....i refuse to eat the junk they sell in stores.... tasteless!.... thanks! ray

no - but my failure was to have merely added a smiley face at the end of my tongue in cheek reply to Little Steven the other night about puking which started the whole thing! At least that would have averted some of the worst of the attacks - I just decided to shut up, cover my head and vital organs until the blanket party was over and I could crawl home to lick my wounds. :laugh: :woohoo: :P and all those other appropriate emoticons!

not if you dry them though.. that's the point as much as keeping them.

I saw that episode they weren't smoked for three months they looked almost fresh, so I woulden't think more than a day? They said they keep for three months after smoking. I thought that was pretty interesting.
Becky