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Make your own 'sun-dried' tomatoes'!

Sun-dried tomatoes are the tastiest ingredients in an authentic Italian pasta dish. When on holiday in Italy, you can sometimes see them being made: long tables full of tomatoes lying out in the sun to dry.

Drying your own tomatoes in for instance the Northern European sun is not going to work: even in the summer months, the sun is not strong enough and the air is too humid. Yet you can still enjoy 'sun-dried' tomatoes of your own. You can make them using your oven.

Preheat the oven to the very coolest temperature. The recipe for 1 jar: Cut 6 Roma tomatoes in half and lay them on a baking tray greased with olive oil, open sides facing up. Mix 10 g castor sugar, 10g sea salt and 10g black pepper. Sprinkle this mixture on the tomatoes and roast them in the oven for 3 to 4 hours. The tomatoes will have a deliciously earthy and sweet flavour, and can be stored in a jar with olive oil for a number of months.

No time to make them yourself? Why not try the sun-dried tomatoes by Grand'Italia. They were dried in Italy. Just taste that Italian sun!

Fusilli
Fusilli originates from Puglia and combines well with sun-dried tomatoes.
Penne with basil sauce and crunchy courgette
This Grand’Italia penne recipe is cracking even before you turn up the heat.
Sugocasa (Traditional)
Delicious for pasta sauces, soup or lasagne sauce.