Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Ingredients

• Firm, ripe red tomatoes (good quality)
• Coarse salt
• Black pepper (optional)
• Olive oil
• rana sbite baze
• Sun-dried tomatoes are delicious with pies — try this Turkish pie
• You may also like Okra in oil with sun-dried tomatoes — click the link

Method

1. Wash the tomatoes well, remove the stem, then cut each tomato into 4 moon-shaped pieces and remove the seeds.
2. Sprinkle each piece with coarse salt, then leave them in a colander until the next day.
3. The next day, transfer the tomatoes from the colander to a white screen, i.e., a very thin white cotton cloth.
4. Put them under direct sunlight for several days until the tomatoes are completely dry. You can also dry them in the oven: preheat the oven, then lower the temperature to the lowest setting and leave the tomatoes on a rack for 7 hours, but the color may change, so sun drying is preferable.
   Timers: 420 min
5. After the tomatoes have dried and cooled, place them in a sterilized airtight glass jar and cover them with olive oil.
6. Store the jars in a cool place.
7. Rana Sbite Baze
8. Sun-dried tomatoes are delicious with pastries—here is a Turkish pie.
9. You may also be interested in okra in oil with sun-dried tomatoes—click the link.