If you are swimming in cherry tomatoes, or their cheap price at the farmer's market tempts you, here is the way to make amazing Smoked Cherry Tomato Raisins. May be my alltime favorite thing from the smoker. Really!
Very short video from BBQ Stars
Smoked Tomato Raisins are the single best thing you can do with cherry tomatoes and here is the recipe for creating them. They are superb for snacking, on salads, on a pizza, in pasta, baked into breads, stuffed into chicken breasts or pork chops, or anything you would do with raisins or sun dried tomatoes.
If you're pressure canning you should be fine, I'm thinking of doing the same thing. We just water bath can our crushed tomatoes with a couple of Tbsp of lemon juice to bump the acid up. Going to have to do a little research on oil packing.
I don't see a need to. I toss them in the freezer. If freezer space is at a premium, then CaptainMike may have the right idea, but packing in oil is always riskier.
Very timely, we tried a new-to-us variety called grappoli this year. Slightly bigger than a cherry and very sweet. They are coming on like gang-busters right now and I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them all. Now I'm sure, thanks MH. Fruitwood seems like the right choice, any other suggestion?
These are really good! I heard Meathead on the BBQ Central show a few weeks ago and tried the recipe that day. They didn't make it to the freezer all eaten. Made with sungold which I'd never dreamed could be improved. Excellent recipe. 👍ðŸ…
grantgallagher I don't have frogmats so I used tin foil, lightly greased. I did another batch where I was pressed for time so I got some smoke on then for 1 1/2 hours then moved them to the dehydrator. It's also a really nice way to use up any split tomatoes, you don't even have to poke them.
I was 11 or 12 years old at my friend Darin's house. His brother had a friend over too. A squabble over something meaningless led to a 2-vs-2 war that destroyed his mom's cherry tomato patch and stained everything we were all wearing.
But this recipe is a good alternative for pacifists.
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I have a neighborhood potluck next week. It's on a Friday, so I won't have time after work to do much prep/cooking and was looking for something to make in advance. This has me thinking smoked tomato bruschetta. I can smoke some tomatoes Thursday (I work from home Thursdays) and toss with garlic, olive oil, basil, salt, pepper. After tasting, I'll decide if it needs some balsamic. I'm not sure it will be necessary with the concentrated flavor in these tomatoes. Will let it sit in the fridge overnight so all of those tasty flavors can get to know each other a little better. Nothing left to do Friday except maybe slice some bread, brush with olive oil, and toast it. Seems like a good, cheap way to contribute to a potluck.
Didn't use cherry, had a lot of baby Roma tomatoes that are tad bigger than cherry and took a long time to be done. It was worth it and we used some in a lead salad.
Today I used some in Mac & Cheese along with homemade bacon. The tomatoes felt so in place. They had a sundried taste and then you got hit with lovely smokeness that so complimented the homemade bacon and enriched the cheese.
Didn't take picture of the finished product but this was a couple hours in.
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