Oven roasted Tomato & Garlic

I made these for the Bread. But this can be used for more than that!

The oven dried tomato can be pureed and be used as pizza sauce base. If you are a fan of garlic, use it for any other purpose, even if you fill it in the pizza too. Roasting it does take away its pungent taste, making it a lot more palatable.

Here's what you'd need:

Oven Dried Tomato

* 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes
* 1tsp Salt
* 1tsp Sugar
* Herbs -- rosemary, thyme (I used Masterfoods Mixed Herbs)

1. Half the tomato lengthwise. Lay them on the baking tray, skin down.

2. Sprinkle some Salt and Sugar

3. Sprinkle some Herbs all over.

4. Bake for 2hrs at 100degC (I did it at 180degC, 30mins), till tomatoes are browned and dried.

5. Store up to several weeks in fridge. You may add olive oil to it, else store it in airtight container like I did.

Oven Dried Garlic

* 2 cloves of Garlic (peeled, about 20pieces)
* 25gm Butter
* 1tsp Sugar
* 3tbsp Olive oil

1. Remove garlic skin.

2. In a oven proof dish, place on stove over medium heat. Heat up the oil, melt the butter in it.

3. Toss in the garlic pieces. Add in the sugar.

4. Transfer dish into oven and roast for 20-30mins till garlic is caramelized and is soft, offering no resistance to the fork's poke.

5. Let garlic cool in the cooking oil

6. Lift garlic to drain on kitchen towels. You may store in fridge in airtight container.