I have an inexpensive vegetable drier. It is great. We cut up and dried down two big bowls of tomatoes. At 135 F, most were ready after 12 hours, a few went about 5 hours longer. We packed them into several pint and half pint jars and covered them with olive oil. In the past, these have kept 6 months of more in the refrigerator.
ooh. love this idea! we cannot seem to keep up with our cherry tomatoes this year! wonder if it would work with those...
ReplyDeleteI've never tried drying cherry tomatoes. I don't know. They have more seed and skin than ithers. I actually think they are so watery that there'd be nothing left.
ReplyDeleteThis year I am trying freezing my dried tomatoes. I have read this works out fine when thawed or reconstituted. We'll see ....
ReplyDeleteI freeze a lot of dehydrated fruit. If we're not going to eat it with about a week, it goes into the freezer. It just as good that way. Oranges, lots of pears last year. Btw, both of these are great in martinis. Not the tomatoes... I've never frozen them. Good idea. I've always put in oil and keep in the fridge. I think they'd last longer and take up less space in the freezer.
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