Comments on: Semi-Dried Cherry Tomatoes a la Marketman

By: tintin

tintin — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:52:26 +0000

Hi Mr MM. Can oven toaster be used for the drying? if so, for about how long? thank you. :-)

By: Monique

Monique — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:26:51 +0000

I love sun dried tomatoes and always make a batch when tomatoes are cheap and abundant. I use a food dryer. Do you bake yours?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:23:33 +0000

MP, in this case, we were lazy and didn’t bother to remove the seeds, particularly since the tomatoes were rather small. However, it is best practice to remove seeds as they can turn a little bitter when larger. So if you do this with plum tomatoes or larger tomatoes, yes, please go ahead and remove water pulp and seeds… Dianne, tomatoes can look pretty good but taste watery, flavorless, pulpy, etc. So best to taste what you are buying, you will soon be able to differentiate mediocre from the spectacular… millet, yes, davao a must, soon. sweetdomicile, bocconcini from S & L Fine Foods, I have written a few posts about them before…

By: MP

MP — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:06:30 +0000

Hi MM, did you take out the seeds and squeeze out excess liquid from the tomatoes before sticking them in the oven?

By: joyce

joyce — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:03:15 +0000

just did this myself a few weeks ago when tomato prices dropped and i just had to urge to hoard. its fantastic with pasta dishes and easy to do.

By: Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:59:48 +0000

We hit the farmers market yesterday bought a lot of tomatoes.I replicate your semi-dried Cherry (grape) and Roma last night, Today , i made your appetizer of fresh mozza,basil and SD Cherry..YUMMY!!the sweetness of the tomatoes is beyond compare to sun dried tomatoes,this will definitely be on my pantry and freezer .Thanks for the recipe MM.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:50:12 +0000

yum, yum… i wonder if the cherry tomatoes from Balintawak and Cavite taste the same?

By: millet

millet — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:37:21 +0000

MM, it’s a nice 2-3 hour drive to Buda in Tagaytay/Baguio-like climate.

and yes, you need to get to davao soon!

By: sweetdomicile

sweetdomicile — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:54:48 +0000

I know this post is about tomatoes but I can’t help zeroing in on the cheese. They look like little white balls of awesome. May I know where you purchased them please?

By: Footloose

Footloose — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:41:06 +0000

No fan of obsessive deconstructive cuisine per se, but I now follow the example of Heston Blumenthal individually stuffing tiny tomatoes with a leaf of basil before partially oven drying them for dotting his perfect pizza. After reading Millet’s Father Guido Sarducci, I shall add a sliver of garlic to the stuffing.