Microwave Confit Cherry Tomatoes, dear readers, you will discover a useful recipe for caramelizing cherry tomatoes in the microwave. The original recipe requires more than an hour of cooking in the traditional oven. With this recipe, you can cook the tomatoes in the microwave in just 20 minutes. Confit tomatoes are versatile and can be used in many recipes. Great as a pasta sauce, perhaps accompanied by tuna or buffalo ricotta. A condiment for fish or a filling for puff pastries and quiches. Since the tomatoes will lose their water content during cooking, they will be perfect for all those recipes where only the unparalleled taste of the tomato is needed. Confit tomatoes will keep for several days in the refrigerator. At the end of the recipe, you will find many tips… and now let’s move on to the recipe to make microwave confit cherry tomatoes!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Microwave
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer and Fall
- Energy 135.70 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 16.84 (g) of which sugars 18.77 (g)
- Proteins 1.42 (g)
- Fat 7.52 (g) of which saturated 1.01 (g)of which unsaturated 0.01 (g)
- Fibers 1.46 (g)
- Sodium 490.85 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 75 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 lb 1.5 oz cherry tomatoes
- 3 pinches salt
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar (leveled)
- Half teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (preferably spray)
What you need to make microwave tomatoes
- 1 Microwave oven
- 1 Microwave tray 28 cm heating
Preparation
Wash the cherry tomatoes well and dry them. Cut the tomatoes in half and place them on the Crisp tray, with the flesh facing up. Season the tomatoes with sugar, salt, oregano, and oil.
Set the microwave to the Crisp function, for 20 minutes, insert the tray and start cooking. The tomatoes will dry out and acquire a nice golden color. Once the cooking time is up, they will be ready to use in our recipes.
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Additional tips for microwave caramelized tomatoes
Instead of brown sugar, you can use 1 oz of erythritol.
