Marinated Cherry Tomatoes Recipe - Peas and Crayons (2024)

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How to make cherry tomatoes tastier? ›

Cut them in half and put them on a grill pan (or broiling - if you're in the US) cut side up. Put a splash of olive oil on each, and a tiny drop of balsamic vinegar, and a small sprinkle of sea salt and a rasp of black pepper — all in the smallest quantities you can get on the fruit.

Pickle Them! Pickling is a great way to preserve cherry tomatoes. Pickling is a traditional preservation method that involves immersing food in a solution of vinegar, salt, and spices.

'Sun Gold': This is the classic for cherry tomato lovers because it offers both remarkable sweet, tangy, delicious tomato flavor. The golden-orange fruits have an 8 °Bx, are borne on long trusses, and taste best when growing conditions are slightly dry.

Seasoning Tomatoes With Cream of Tartar

Yes, there are other ways to make your tomatoes taste even better and increase the acidity. There is lemon, vinegar, or my personal favorite, balsamic. Just imagine a tomato bruschetta with a balsamic vinaigrette drizzled on top. Yummy!

But, can you freeze cherry tomatoes? As it turns out, the bite-sized fruits couldn't be easier to pop in the freezer, so you can enjoy the taste of summer all year long. Just remember that freezing changes tomatoes' texture, so it's best to eat frozen tomatoes cooked into a sauce or soup, rather than fresh.

Watery, tasteless fruit is due to overwatering. When a plant starts fruiting, it starts looking yellow and tired. That's when we often rush out and water the plant to help perk it up.

Preserving cherry tomatoes doesn't get much easier than this! All it takes is a slow roast at low heat, with the tomatoes smattered with fresh herbs and garlic. The sweet, fresh tomatoes transform into little nuggets of deep, concentrated flavor without having to lift a thumb.

Ripe Tomatoes

And unless you're eating them immediately, ripe, locally grown tomatoes will also last longer in the fridge; eat within a few days. Store ripe tomatoes in your fridge stress-free and enjoy them within a couple days of purchasing.

We use cherry tomatoes for our salads. I take them out of their plastic containers and store them in quart-sized, wide-mouth mason jars in the fridge.

What is the best tasting tomato in the world? ›

Prized by many chefs as the best of its kind, Pomodoro S. Marzano dell'Agro Sarnese-Nocerino is a variety of plum tomato grown along the banks of Sarno River in the fertile volcanic plains south of Mount Vesuvius, namely within the provinces of Naples, Salerno and Avellino.

Tomato 'Sakura'

The almost perfectly spherical fruits of 'Sakura' are on the large side for a cherry tomato, weighing in at an average of 22.3g each. On average 165 fruits were produced with 37 fruits in each truss, making it a noticeably prolific cherry tomato plant.

Super Sweet 100 is a popular choice for home gardeners due to its ease of growing and its delicious, abundant harvests. The Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato is actually related to the popular Sweet 100.

Tomatoes are one of the few items from your backyard vegetable patch that you can freeze without blanching. Just wash and dry the tomatoes, place them on a cookie sheet, and slide them into the freezer. When the tiny globes are frozen solid, toss them into a container or zipper bag.

If you have a huge glut of tomatoes to use up, slowly dehydrate them in a low oven so they're gummy, gnarly and full of intense flavour. Then transfer to jars, cover with oil and keep to use in pasta dishes, salads, or as part of an antipasti spread.