Tomates Séchées Au Four (Oven-Dried Tomatoes) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 -15 plum tomatoes (Roma)
2 teaspoons sugar
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil

Preparation

To dry the tomatoes, oil a large baking sheet. Halve the tomatoes lengthwise and cut in quarters. If they are very large, make the first cut off center, then cut the larger piece in two, having 6 cuts to 1 tomato. Trim away the cores. Place the pieces, cut side up, on a prepared baking sheet.
Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the tomatoes, and then season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the olive oil on top of all. Place in a 150\u00b0 oven and leave for 8 hours or up to overnight. The tomatoes will be semi dried. If your are short of time, set the oven at 225\u00b0 and reduce time to 3-4 hours. Check occasionally to make sure that the tomatoes are not baking but just drying.