Italian•gourmet
Candied Tomato Sauce
If you are like me, and have so many tomatoes in your garden you don't know what to do with, here is a great recipe for a slow roasted tomato sauce. Roasting the tomatoes brings
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- Cook time
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- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 12 ripe Roma tomatoes
- salt
- 1 tsp fresh thyme
- 1 tsp fresh oregano
- olive oil spray
- 2 tbsp fresh basil (chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 325°.
- 2
Slice tomatoes in half.
- 3
Season with salt, basil, oregano and thyme.
- 4
Spray a cookie sheet with olive oil spray and place tomatoes cut side up.
- 5
Bake 2 hrs until skin gets wrinkled and crusty on the bottom and moist in the center.
- 6
Puree the tomatoes in a food processor.
- 7
If it is too thick, you can thin with pasta water.
- 8
Serve over your favorite high fiber pasta and grated cheese.