5 from 4 votes
Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
This recipe for slow-roasted cherry tomatoes is a delicious, mostly hands-off way to use fresh summer produce. Serve these roasted veggies as a condiment with sandwiches, stirred into pasta, or as a side dish!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 5 mins
Servings:
4
people
Calories:
53 kcal
Course:
Side Dish, Condiments
Cuisine:
French, American
Ingredients
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes, halved
- ½ teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil plus more for storing; extra oil optional
- 2 rosemary I like to mix + use all 3 herbs, or thyme or basil, removed from stems and roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225°F.
- Arrange tomatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet or in a large cast-iron pan. Drizzle olive oil over the tomatoes, and sprinkle with the salt.
- Roast about 3 hours, until tomatoes appear dried, but are still juicy when pressed.
- Stir in the fresh herbs.
- Use immediately:Serve tomatoes as a side dish, serve on polenta, use them as pizza toppings, add them to a sandwich, or stir them into pasta.Make Ahead + Refrigerate:Gently press tomatoes and herbs into a glass jar, and cover with oil. Use within 1 week. Make sure to use the oil in the jar-- it will become infused with tomato flavoring!Make Ahead + Freeze:Gently press tomatoes and herbs into a glass jar or freezer bag, and cover with oil. Freeze, and use within 10 months. Note: frozen tomatoes will not retain their shape as well as fresh or refrigerated, but are still delicious when used as a condiment, as pizza topping, or in pasta.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
53kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
5g
(2%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
304mg
(13%)
Potassium
258mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
593IU
(12%)
Vitamin C
27mg
(30%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 53
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 53kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 304mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 258mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 593IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 27mg | 30% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.