Lots and lots of tomatoes

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I bought a huge box of tomatoes (6kg) for £1.50 from the market this morning. They're very ripe so need to be used up. So far I’ve made a giant batch of roasted tomato pasta sauce, but only used half. Any ideas how to use the other half?

I made really nice tomato soup yesterday boulderlocavore.com/homemade-tomato-soup/

I’ve been making this soup with our tomato glut: www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/roasted-tomato-mascarpone-soup

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

Curry www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/curries/fresh-tomato-curry

Macaroni cheese recipes.sainsburys.co.uk/recipes/main-courses/macaroni-cheese-with-spinach-tomatoes-and-spring-onions

Tomato chutney is lovely!

I often use them in chillis and curries if I’ve run out of tinned tomatoes.

Oven dry some and put in jar with olive oil?

Aubergine caponata is a favourite here.

This is a nice one...
www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/incredible-sicilian-aubergine-stew-caponata/

Thanks for the ideas. I think I'll make caponata and curry today.

@purpledaisies is the herb vinegar essential? I don't have any

No, I’ve always used either balsamic or red wine vinegar depending on what’s at the front of the cupboard!

Great, thanks

Oh gorgeous! I love panzanella

Haven’t made the caponata yet but the curry was lovely. I used Meera Sodha’s tomato fry recipe because the tomatoes didn’t need to be skinned. Served it with giant prawns and naan.

I wish we had a market where I could get that many tomatoes for 1.50! We eat a lot of tomatoes over here (mostly roasted) and I am constantly annoyed at the price. Hope you enjoyed it.

I made spicy tomato chutney and it's delicious, recipe was on the bbc website. Be careful with the chillis, it suggested 8-12 per recipe, I used 8 thinking it would be mild but it's pretty spicy!

I always used to make tons of fresh tomato sauce, with olive oil, onion, garlic and herbs. A tiny pinch of sugar if the tomatoes are not sweet. Often I've made 20 or so of them and when they cool, chuck in the freezer in old takeaway cartons.