Slow-Roasted Plum Tomatoes

Plum tomatoes are slow-roasted with onions and garlic and take on a deep and intense flavor in this recipe, which can be served as a side dish or an appetizer.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 155 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
• 6 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise and seeded

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).

Step 2

Mix together onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, parsley, and basil in an 8-inch square baking pan; spread evenly in the bottom of the pan. Place tomatoes, cut-sides down, on top of the onion mixture. Drizzle olive oil on top. Sprinkle with sugar and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Roast in the preheated oven until tomatoes have started to collapse and are browning around the edges, about 2 1/2 hours.