Friday, August 5, 2011

FFwD: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes

I made Dorie's Slow-Roasted Tomatoes (pg 342 of Around My French Table) for the first time a few weeks ago. French Fridays With Dorie selected it as the first recipe of August, and that was all the encouragement I needed to roast these sweet little babies up again. They're delicious bursts of deep tomato flavor, and I want them to be available to me at all times.
Mmmm...a double batch.
This time, I roasted them up with extra cloves of garlic, because the tomatoes that butt up against the garlic and take on its flavor are my favorites. I added a sprig of basil in addition to the thyme and rosemary that the recipe calls for.

I couldn't think up a spectacular use for them, so I kept it simple and made a quick lunch (if you can count a lunch as quick when one of its components takes three hours to roast) of goat cheese and tomatoes on toast.

I jarred the remainder and covered them in oil. There they sit, in my fridge, waiting to be mixed with pasta...or fish...or chicken...or put in an omelette...

14 comments:

  1. nice job! so neat to see how everyone used their tomatoes!

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  2. To reply to your comment ... the rav's are from costcto ... shhh! :)

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  3. I think a double batch of this recipe will always be in order!

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  4. What is that they say about great minds again?

    I loved this one and it just pairs so beautifully with goat cheese! Happy to hear that it was a hit in your house as well.

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  5. Very nice! I like your "quick lunch"!

    I also enjoyed your next post - I'm a Civil Servant for the Navy - the Seabees, specifically - and my dad was in the Navy for 30 years, so I've been around it my whole life!

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  6. Mmm I like the omelette idea! Though the toast is indeed quick and easy.

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  7. I have some left and I have got to try them with goat cheese! I am with you - I love the ones that were closest to the garlic. I like your idea of adding basil to this recipe.

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  8. What a great idea to serve with goat cheese. I agree with you. I'd like these to be available to me at all times too.

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  9. Yum! Serving them with goat cheese sounds delicious.

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  10. Double yum, love the tomatoes on goat cheese;-)

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  11. I'd love the goat cheese just drizzled with the tomatoey oil. I'll never make anything but a double batch again, especially since there is room in my jar for more!

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  12. Stunning idea of adding to goat cheese and a baguette. Perfect - just like this "non" recipe. Nana and I really enjoyed this and while I made a double batch, she fired up the oven again today to make even more. Yay !

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  13. Definitely agreed that it needed more garlic.
    The combo with goat cheese was a great idea. I made a second batch of these and used them on grilled veggie pizzas - that was good...

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  14. Slow-roasted tomatoes with goat cheese - that's downright decadent!

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