Italian cuisine is famous not only pizza and pasta.One of the amazing dishes that could only have been born in this sunny country, are sun-dried tomatoes.Of course, the Italians are doing their outdoor summer sunny day.But in Russia it is difficult to create such conditions.And many do not know how to jerk tomatoes at home, buying ready-made jars in the store.Only they are very expensive.But to make such a blank is easy on most common kitchen.
In one small jar of sun-dried tomatoes should take 1-1.5 kg fresh.Best fit small fruits (cultivar "drain" or the like).Just do not use too sweet and you get dessert instead of snacks.Depending on the size, cut into two or four parts.Optionally remove the seeds, drain excess juice.This will reduce the cooking time.Share close together on baking, the laid parchment paper and coat with olive oil.Sprinkle with sea salt, dried herbs (best suited basil, oregano, thyme and dill).Add chopped garlic cloves.Put in the oven, preheated to 100-130 degrees, and prepare a snack for 4-5 hours, leaving the door ajar.Once all the liquid has evaporated, add up in a jar with a tight lid, shifting layers of dried herbs and garlic.Pour olive oil.This is the easiest, but a long way to how to jerk tomatoes at home.
However, in hot weather, when you do not even want to move, it is difficult to spend several hours in the kitchen with stove included.That in such cases can help out a recipe of how to make sun-dried tomatoes in the microwave.Only with it you can do quite a bit.Prepare the fruit as well as for the oven.Put them firmly on the plate.Sprinkle with salt and herbs, sprinkled with olive oil.Put for 5 minutes at maximum power in the microwave.Give a break of 10 minutes.We obtain, merge the liberated juice in a cup.Again, we send in the microwave, at 3 minutes.Then leave it for 3 minutes, drained juice, and again repeat the procedure.Then we put them in a jar, shifting layers of chopped garlic and herbs.Fill the collected juice and butter.Give infuse in the refrigerator for 12 hours.You can try.
Knowing how to jerk the tomatoes in the oven and microwave, you can experiment a bit to fill and make them without skin (for those who did not love her).First you need to prepare a fragrant oil, with whom he will be canned tomatoes.To do this, a little heat it on the stove and add the aromatic herbs (basil, oregano and thyme), sharp and sweet pepper and garlic.Let it brew for 2-3 days.Then remove all the seasonings to fragrant oil is not spoiled.Now you need to prepare the fruit.To do this, they make an incision crosswise omit a few minutes in hot water and remove the skin.The rest of this recipe, the tomatoes as a jerk, repeats others.These tricks allow just make them more fragrant and tender.
But we must not only know how to properly jerk tomatoes, and how to store them.For this approach only glass jars with tight-fitting lid.It is advisable to consume food sun-dried tomatoes for 2 weeks.If you are planning long-term storage, they should pour hot oil, and the banks must be sterile.But even in this case, more than a year to keep them is not necessary.Although unlikely to stand for so long, this tasty snack.
