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SUPPER: Lari Robling's out-of-season tomato trick

POSTED: Monday, April 26, 2010, 3:02 PM

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Cookbook author, writer and producer of WHYY's A Chef's Table radio show, Lari Robling graced Facebook last week with one of the only useful pieces of advice I've ever seen cross its global gossip network. When a friend bemoaned the long wait for local tomatoes to come into their own, Robling offered up a trick that takes standard plum tomatoes and turns them into a treat akin to "tomato candy."

Have you ever tried roasting your own? Once you split the plums lengthwise, scoop out the innards (I save for soup stock but you don't have to) toss with olive oil, salt, and maybe a little basil you put 'em on tray lined with parchment in a 225 oven then forget about it except for the occasional look and turn for 5 or 6 hours. Cool and if any of them make it past the next hour (seriously, it's like candy) store in the fridgie. It makes the house smell great, too. Oh.. and if you want to go whole hog (or tomato in this case) I once made yogurt from the goat milk at FairFood, drained and put a dollop on each tomato half. Fresh ground pepper and a drizzle of good olive oil. The only problem is you wish you'd done more tomatoes-not matter how many you've made. I've never tried anything but the plummies, but often thought cherry tomatoes would do well by that method, kinda like a tomato raisin.

Learn more from Lari Robling in her cookbook that revives home cooking from the past, Endangered Recipes: Too Good to Be Forgotten (Stewart, Tabori & Chang).

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