Sun Soaked Dried Tomatoes And Unsun Soaked Dried Tomatoes
Ingredients:
A pound or more of tomatoes of any variety
Cheesecloth or paper towels or a kitchen tile or muslin cloth
Rock salt
A large bowl
Mixing spoon
Parchment paper or wax paper
A cookie sheet
Six to eight cloves of minced garlic
One cup of Cold pressed extra-virgin olive oil or avocado oil
1 teaspoon pink Himalayan sea salt
3 to 4 leaves minced Basil
Sandwich bags
Wash and dry as many tomatoes of at least three or four tomatoes of any variety as a wish.
Core and quarter the tomatoes
Line a colander with a cheesecloth or paper towels or a kitchen towel or muslin town
Place the tomatoes in the colander
Cover with rocksalt
Let the tomatoes sit for about four hours
In a large bowl add one cup Cold pressed extra-virgin olive oil or avocado oil, six to eight cloves of minced garlic, 3 to 4 leaves minced basil, and 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan sea salt
Mix to coat the tomatoes thoroughly and and let rest in the refrigerator overnight
Remove next day
Line the tomatoes on parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet
Make sure eat tomato slice is at least one to 2 inches apart from each other in all directions
Leave out in the sun for a few days covered with the lid making sure to check on them and turn them every other hour or so until they look like raisins
Or preheat the oven to about 110°F checking on them and turning them every 30 minutes or so until they look like raisins
Or place in a dehydrator on its trays or sheets or racks depending on the style of dehydrator checking on them until they look like raisins
Place tomatoes in a sandwich bag in refrigerator or a cooler portion of the pantry and a thin layer of oil of choice maybe one or 2 tablespoons max making sure there is no air in the sandwich bag when placing the tomato slices inside sandwich bag when taking them off of the cookie sheets or dehydrator sheets or trays or racks
Keep bags in the refrigerator on the door or in the cooler side of your pantry in front of you so you don't Forget about them.
Use as quickly as possible because they are so delicious!
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