The hostesses of our country prepare canned tomatoes every year, and the dried version of these vegetables still seems to be something exotic. But it is he who helps to give a piquant taste to many dishes and saturate them with vitamins, moreover, you can experiment with this product and add it to your usual food.
Dried tomatoes do not have to be used as a seasoning, they can be soaked in boiling water overnight, and when the slices of vegetables become juicy, season with oil and serve as a snack. Vegetables preserved in this form are cut or chopped in a blender and put into pasta and sauces, stew meat with them, prepare casseroles, omelets and salads. Do not forget about the first courses: tomatoes will not be superfluous not only in borscht and cabbage soup, but also in potato soup and kharcho.
The appearance of dried tomatoes is the merit of the Italians. That is why most of the dishes to which this ingredient is added belong to Italian cuisine. For example, pesto sauce with dried and fresh tomatoes. For cooking, you will need 100 g of dried and 1 fresh juicy tomato, 1 clove of garlic, 50 g of pine nuts, a pinch of paprika, 50 g of cheese, olive oil and fresh basil leaves.
Fresh tomato is cut into cubes and mixed with dried, then put in a blender with chopped garlic, herbs and nuts. Puree the ingredients, add butter and grated cheese. By the way, you can experiment with the taste of pesto, changing hard cheeses to soft ones, using anchovies, capers and oregano.
You can quickly and inexpensively make a pasta with dried tomatoes. For this dish you will need 6 dried tomatoes, 400 g of spaghetti, 5 tbsp. olive oil and 3 tbsp. bread crumbs, 2 cloves of garlic, parsley.
Vegetables are poured with boiling water and cooked over low heat so that they absorb moisture and recover. Then they are cut into cubes or half rings. Spaghetti is boiled until cooked, and breadcrumbs with 3 tablespoons are fried in a pan. olive oil. Put the tomatoes in a deep bowl, pour fried crackers to them, and then garlic and parsley fried with the remaining olive oil.
When all the ingredients are ready, put the spaghetti in a pan, pour the mixture with tomatoes on top and fry everything together over high heat.
