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Last question about semi-dried tomatoes - promise

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Fruit & veg
Do they benefit from storage? If yes, how long before I should open a jar?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Can't really say.   I tend to save mine for winter when I want a summery snack to cheer me up on cold, grey days.  I also use them in spring and summer before the new season's toatoes are ready to eat.   Great for apéro with friends or a family snack.

    They do keep a long time unopened but, once opened, I keep the jar in the fridge if I don't use them at one serving.   Bring them out for an hour before serving again as they're best at room temperature. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @Obelixx. Might make a nice pasta salad or puttanesca too.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited September 2023
    Yes, sometimes I use them for pasta or for fennel baked with goat's cheese, sun dried toms and pine nuts but I really like them served simply on bruschetta.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
    Just as an aside, if you have a glut of tomatoes and dont have time to semi-dry them or make into sauce/bottle to keep, you can pack tomatoes whole into freezer bags.  When you want to use them, take out a handful and the great trick is that if you put them under the tap while they are frozen and give them a light rub the skins slip off.  Then just chuck the frozen marbles into soups or stews or sauces. Have done this for years.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I do that with grapes too
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I don't have the space to freeze tomatoes after freezing plums, apricots, walnuts and blackberries so I boil them down to make puree/passata.

    We had loads of cherrytomatoes in a panzanella salad last night.  Delish, and there's enough left ripening to make another in the week and then I think they'll be done.   Mix of red pear, yellow pear and black somethings so colourful too.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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