Also called roasted plum tomatoes, roasted roma tomatoes are especially tasty. Buy roma tomatoes that are similar size to ensure they cook evenly. You can roast romas in halves and enjoy them as is or sliced up for salads, soups, and more. Photo by Elizabeth Laseter. Preheat oven to 400°F . Remove the core from each tomato with a paring knife.
Roasted Tomatoes are an easy healthy side dish bursting with flavor. Roma tomatoes with olive oil, basil and oregano then roasted quickly in the oven! Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Toss together the tomatoes, olive oil, basil, oregano, salt and pepper in a large bowl gently.
If you troll the interwebs, there are tons of recipes for slow-roasted tomatoes. Most of them call for putting the tomatoes in a low oven (225°F) for several hours. I’m sure these tomatoes are scrumptious, but I don’t have 3-6 hours to wait for tomatoes to cook. I have things to do, people! Time to make Oven-Roasted Tomatoes!
Roasting tomatoes is a sure way to coax out all the flavor. Oven roasted tomatoes are so much more concentrated and intense in flavor, making them useful in so many ways (lots of ideas below). And like I said earlier, when you can't eat winter tomatoes, roast them for a much tastier option.