Drying Tomatoes.

[Le Loup]

Keith.

 

[nigelp]

Very good. Thank you.

 

[Robson Valley]

Excellent. Dried tomatoes are a terrible treat to have within arm's reach. I found I like a handful in pasta for the intense taste.

Question: For use, do you soak those or boil them up in a bit of water?

I tried drying a variety of fruit and veg, the tomatoes are far and away better than anything else

I dry 25 lbs of Roma tomato halves @ 55C for 24 hours. They are still a bit leathery. American Harvest brand dehydrator.
If I nibble while I'm cooking supper, I have to stop when I realize that I've just eaten 8 big Romas in a matter of minutes.

 

[Le Loup]

Excellent. Dried tomatoes are a terrible treat to have within arm's reach. I found I like a handful in pasta for the intense taste.

Question: For use, do you soak those or boil them up in a bit of water?

I tried drying a variety of fruit and veg, the tomatoes are far and away better than anything else

I dry 25 lbs of Roma tomato halves @ 55C for 24 hours. They are still a bit leathery. American Harvest brand dehydrator.
If I nibble while I'm cooking supper, I have to stop when I realize that I've just eaten 8 big Romas in a matter of minutes.

Generally we just add them to stews Robson, though they are very tasty to nibble on For some reason or other we do not have many tomatoes this year, but normally there are so many that we simply have to bottle or dry them.

Keith.