How to dry tomatoes

We had another glut of tomatoes from the greenhouse. In this video we show you how to dry them. We also include a bit about storing partially dried tomatoes in olive oil. For more information go to www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• tomatoes
• greenhouse
• cooking
• drying
• preserving
• self-sufficient
• allotment

[drytomatoe]

I have partially dried tomatoes and canned in olive oil as per your video and its taste grate. I am just concerned about how long they will last and be "safe". In some other sites it is said that partially dried tomatoes will developed nasty "mold..." even in oil. what is your experience.

Also when I store the can in the refigirator the oil solidify..which is apperntly normal ...but bit inconvenient and not so apealing to the eye. How do you store them?

[jonathanwallace]

@drytomatoe I've not had a problem storing them in oil though I have to admit they have been used up within a few months. I don't store the oil/tomatoes in the fridge, I just keep them in the pantry.

[stromak]

Yum Yum! :) thank you for great tip! Lots of tomatoes from garden now, too many to process.. so great idea!

Nothing at all needs to be added to jar with oil and sun dried tomatoes? No preservatives?? Nada?

[jonathanwallace]

@stromak No need to add anything to the oil and tomatoes

[2groomers]

how long would the tomatoes last inside the olive oil?

[jonathanwallace]

@2groomers I've never tested how long they could last. We tend to use them up within a year. The batch we have at the moment I made in August last year and they are still fine.

[glasssurfer]

great video, it does seem silly to run your oven for 15 hours for just a few tomatoes, filling the oven up with a few more treys maybe would help efficency but would take longer.... i liek the oil storeing tech. good one. food dehydrators are good for drying. more efficent than an electric oven i guess..so many options!

thanks for the good tutorial tho FAVORITED!

[zensdivine]

thanks for sharing your knowledge

[Rosalila]

can you preserve them in water?

[vicel88]

the oven is so dirty!!!

[SiculianuPazzu]

@2groomers they can last a year, even more.

[areyouquitemad]

I love it! All i need now is a garden and a greenhouse! haha!

Thanks for sharing. I hope you still have this video up when i get my first house!

[ImDaveCrazy]

15 hours?? you will spend more on electricity than the tomatoes are worth!!

[utoobist100]

Hi, thanks for uploading this vid. The tomatoes you dried for 4hrs to preseve in olive oil, did you also have to slice those in half before drying ? Its just they look whole in the preserving jar? . Thanks for your time in answering..Cheers