5 recipes to enjoy the tomato season longer
To preserve the incredible taste of summer tomatoes for a few more weeks, process them! Sauces and salsa are great ways to extend the season of this juicy red fruit. Stock up on the following recipes to taste summer all year round.
Homemade tomato sauce
It’s easy to make your own tomato sauce. Simply bring tomatoes with onions and garlic to a boil, then simmer for about an hour or until the sauce thickens. You can then can the sauce for later use in pasta or meatball dishes during the fall.
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Grilled tomato sauce
At the end of summer, take advantage of the last beautiful days to cook outside. For this version of tomato sauce, first you grill Italian tomatoes cut in half on the BBQ, then remove the skin and simmer them with herbs and white wine.
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Canned tomato salsa
Peppers are also in high season, so cook them with your tomatoes to make a salsa that can be enjoyed with tacos, burritos or nachos. A little jalapeño pepper is added to provide a spicy touch, as well as cumin to enhance the flavour.
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Mediterranean-style cherry tomato confit
Sweet and tender, confit cherry tomatoes go well with pasta dishes, grilled meats or ricotta toast. Even if cooking them takes time (nearly 1 hour 30 minutes), the tomatoes practically do all the work on their own. Simply place them in a baking dish and cover them with a generous amount of oil before cooking. Here, garlic, bay leaf and rosemary are added for flavour.
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Veal meatballs with olives and tomato sauce
For those busy evenings when you have less time to cook, prepare these veal meatballs ahead of time so that you can freeze them for later. All that’s left to do is heat them and serve them with your homemade canned tomato sauce.
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