Tomates Séchées Au Four (oven-dried Tomatoes)

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 -15 plum tomatoes (roma)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 to dry the tomatoes, oil a large baking sheet. halve the tomatoes lengthwise and cut in quarters. if they are very large, make the first cut off center, then cut the larger piece in two, having 6 cuts to 1 tomato. trim away the cores. place the pieces, cut side up, on a prepared baking sheet.
• 2 sprinkle the sugar evenly over the tomatoes, and then season with salt and pepper. drizzle the olive oil on top of all. place in a 150° oven and leave for 8 hours or up to overnight. the tomatoes will be semi dried. if your are short of time, set the oven at 225° and reduce time to 3-4 hours. check occasionally to make sure that the tomatoes are not baking but just drying.