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Ingredients
- 4 round tomatoes (we grow & use grappolo for this dish)
- small handfuls fresh herbs you like, chopped - we use oregano but you can also use basil, thyme, etc.
- salt & pepper
- 8 high quality anchovy filets, (we use anchovies from Sardegna packed in salt)
Method
- Preheat oven to 150 C or 280 F
- Cut the top 3rd off the tomatoes & discard top.
- Place tomatoes on a baking tray, lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle generously with salt, pepper & herbs. Drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil. Place in the oven for 4-6 hours depending on the size of your tomatoes. Every once in a while as you pass the kitchen, baste the tomatoes in the juices & olive oil in the pan.
- Once the tomatoes shrivel up a bit & start to look sun-dried, they are ready. They should still hold their shape & not become mush.
- Remove from oven, top each tomato with a whole anchovy filet. Serve warm or room temperature with olive oil from the baking pan drizzled over the top.
