- 18 ripe plum tomatoes
- sea salt
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed with a little salt
- 8 tbsp chopped oregano
- freshly ground black pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
- Preheat the oven to the lowest heat setting. Slice the tomatoes in half horizontally and scoop out most of the seeds. Salt the insides and turn cut side down on a wire cake tray – leave for half an hour, then rinse and dry.
- Mix the crushed garlic with the oregano and black pepper. Spread this mix over the cut side of the tomatoes. Place the tomatoes cut side up in a roasting tray and dribble over olive oil into the tray. Cook in a low oven at 100C/200F/Gas 1 for three hours or leave in the sun for up to two days, taking them in at night.
- Place the tomatoes in a sterilized kilner jar and cover with extra virgin oil. Use in any recipe that requires sun-dried tomatoes.