Best tomato recipes?

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Got a good harvest of plum tomatoes from the allotment today and really need to find something to do with them over the next few days (family of 3), so I need some inspiration.

What is your fav tomato based recipe? x

Pic of our harvest below.

I made a tomato and mascarpone risotto the other day from bbc good food, their recipe uses canned cherry toms but I used fresh plus a bit of tomato pure. Worked well, a fresh tasting risotto suitable for summer. Would also work with any kind of cream cheese I think.

Make tomato soup it’s really nice homemade

In this heat, I’d make gazpacho soup and serve it chilled like it’s meant to be https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/recipes/the-ultimate-gazpacho

Cut in half, put in a low oven for a day or 2 to dry out then put in large jar covered with olive oil. Sun dried tomatoes to get you through winter!

This tomato gratin can be frozen https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/crunchy-baked-tomato-onion-gratin

Thank you all 😊.

Tomato soup sounds lovely, I'll make some crusty bread tomorrow to go with it.

Never tried the tomato risotto but sounds good.

@toomuchicecream did you make them? And what's the optimum temp?

warm tomato salad.

• cook rice as per instruction
• once cooked mix in sour creme or creme fraiche & chopped tomatos
• herbs to taste (we love basil & fresh oregano)
• season to taste

Sounds yum x

Panzanella. You don’t lose the freshness of the tomatoes and it’s a great side to serve with pretty much anything.

If you have some greener tomatoes, try an authentic southern fried green tomatoes recipe, with homemade ranch.

I like this
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/baked-courgette-tomato-gratin
I add a tin of cannilini beans for protein.

Roast tomato and red pepper soup is lovely.
Tomato risotto
Caprese salad and crusty bread

I also just really like roasted tomatoes stirred through pasta with some fresh basil.

Mmm roasted tomato soup is amazing. https://www.food.com/recipe/gordon-ramsay-s-roasted-tomato-soup-370287 I sometimes cook and add some small pasta to make a fuller meal.

Tomato rice, dh adds chickpeas and pistachios to the recipe below and it’s delicious (this site has great recipes) even my 7 year old eats it!
https://www.unicornsinthekitchen.com/persian-one-pot-tomato-rice-dami-gojeh-farangi/

Tomatoes are the most disgusting things ever, and should not be eaten in any shape or form.

Just a lovely caprese salad would be my suggestion. It's so delicious and would showcase your lovely homegrown toms. You could add a griddled chicken breast or pan sauteed white fish on the side for protein.

I have a glut too. I roast them with garlic, blitz and freeze in bags to use in tomato sauces over the next few months (the ones that actually make it from the greenhouse into the kitchen before I eat them).

Can also cook down with some celery and blitz for fresh tomato juice (for virgin or real Bloody Marys.

Tapa de magra. Delicious.

I normally batch cook some pasta sauce made with onion, garlic, olive oil and basil. Chop the tomatoes but leave them s bit chunky.

I had this for dinner tonight. It's one of my favourites. 😋

www.nigella.com/recipes/gemelli-with-anchovies-tomatoes-and-mascarpone

We’ve done the oven dried tomatoes several times - earlier this week DH had the oven set to 50, but if I’d done it I’d have probably gone for 70 and left them in less time! The key is making sure they are completely covered by the oil so they can’t get mould on them.

Looks delicious, I'll definitely try this 😋

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/09/meera-sodha-recipe-tomato-pistachio-saffron-tart-vegan

This is delicious and looks impressive, but isn't actually all that tricky to make.

Thank you all so much, I'll definitely try some of these recipes. The sun dried tomatoes sounds like a great idea when you have loads, we do still have another few kg to harvest in the next week or so.

Also making tomato sauce and freezing sounds great.

I suspect we'd be a bit sick of tomatoes by the end of summer 😀. We just didn't expect so many.

Yum, I love vegan recipes even tough we are not vegan.

I make a delicious soup. Roast tomatoes, red peppers, garlic, onion (all quartered/halved) on a tray with oil, oregano, black pepper, salt...even a sprinkle of bouillon stock powder. And my secret ingredient - a pinch of dried tarragon. Roast for about 20 minutes until a tiny bit caught and then blend with a splash of water. Best soup recipe ever and takes about 5 minutes to prepare.

I also vote tomato tart. This is my favourite one twokooksinthekitchen.com/herbed-tomato-puff-pastry-cheese-tart/