Description
Roasting tomatoes brings out their rich flavors with more complexity than other cooking methods. It can bring back to life even the sorriest of tomatoes with just a bit of olive oil, salt and herbs.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 lbs. Tomatoes (1.4 Kg)
- 1 Medium Yellow Onion
- 5 Garlic Cloves, left in skin
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Thyme
- Oregano
- 3C Chicken or Veg Broth (720 ml)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350º
- Cut tomatoes into quarters (or any even size).
- Cut onion into quarters
- Toss tomatoes with olive oil, salt, pepper and other herbs.
- Arrange tomatoes, garlic cloves and onions in single layer on a baking sheet on middle rack.
- Roast for 30-40 minutes, stirring around every 15 minutes or so.
- While roasting tomatoes, either make broth using leftover vegetable ends or chicken bones or reheating purchased broth.
- Add tomatoes, onions and garlic removed from skin to broth.
- Puree using a blender or hand blender.
- Adjust seasonings and serve.
- *If you like more garlic flavor, sautee some garlic in olive oil in pot before heating broth.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour