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This delicious, easy-to-make oven-roasted tomatoes recipe is bursting with flavor and is an amazing accompaniment to any dish. You will be blown away at how tasty these simple-to-prepare tomatoes are.
Being Italian, I adore tomatoes and try to incorporate them into as many dishes as possible. Some of my favorite ways to use them are in recipes like my Caponata and Greek Lamb Shank.
Oven Roasted Tomatoes
Oven-roasted tomatoes are cooked in the oven at high temperatures until blistered and softened. This is an extremely easy process to do that renders perfect results every time. The textures and flavors are different than low and slow, like in tomato confit, but are still delicious.
What Does Roasting Tomatoes Do?
The main reason for pursuing this cooking technique is to intensify the flavor of the tomatoes. A more tomatoey tomato is better and can enhance whatever you’re serving it. While roasting tomatoes won’t reduce the acidity, they taste better than raw tomatoes.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Tomatoes – Any tomato is good to use for this recipe. However, if you make this in non-peak season, Roma tomatoes are great all year.
- Oil – I believe olive oil is the best fat for these oven-roasted tomatoes.
- Seasoning – Coarse salt and fresh cracked pepper are all that is needed.
How to Make Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
Slice the tomatoes in half longways or widthwise.
Place the tomatoes seed side up on a rack over a sheet tray lined with parchment paper and evenly drizzle the olive oil over each tomato slice.
Season the tomatoes well with salt and pepper.
Roast in the oven at 450° on a rack in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes or until blistered and cooked.
Serve or store the oven-roasted tomatoes.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make these up to 1 hour ahead by keeping them warm in the oven at very low temperatures of 165° to 200°.
How to Store: Cover and keep these in the refrigerator for 5 days. You can freeze these covered for up to 3 months. Thaw the tomatoes in the refrigerator for 1 day or until thawed.
How to Reheat: Spread the tomatoes onto a rack over a sheet tray and bake in the oven at 350° for 6 to 8 minutes or until warm.
Chef Notes + Tips
- You can also serve and eat this cold if serving them on a salad or sandwich.
More Tomato Recipes
- Canning Tomatoes
- Pomodoro Sauce
- Spaghetti Sauce
- Braciole
- Chicken Cacciatore
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Oven Roasted Tomatoes Recipe
5 from 15 votes
This delicious, easy-to-make oven-roasted tomatoes recipe is bursting with flavor and is an amazing accompaniment to any dish.
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
Ingredients
- 1 pound Roma tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- coarse salt and cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450°.
Slice the tomatoes in half longways or widthwise.
Place the tomatoes seed side up on a rack over a sheet tray lined with parchment paper.
Evenly drizzle the olive oil over each tomato slice.
Season the tomatoes well with salt and pepper.
Roast in the oven at 450° on a rack in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes or until blistered and cooked.
Serve or store the oven-roasted tomatoes.
Notes
Make-Ahead: You can make these up to 1 hour ahead by keeping them warm in the oven at very low temperatures of 165° to 200°.
How to Store: Cover and keep these in the refrigerator for 5 days. You can freeze these covered for up to 3 months. Thaw the tomatoes in the refrigerator for 1 day or until thawed.
How to Reheat: Spread the tomatoes onto a rack over a sheet tray and bake in the oven at 350° for 6 to 8 minutes or until warm.
You can also serve and eat this cold if serving them on a salad or sandwich.
Nutrition
Calories: 113kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 269mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 945IUVitamin C: 16mgCalcium: 11mgIron: 0.4mg
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Author: Chef Billy Parisi
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28 comments
- Sherry L
Definitely makes a tomatively tomato!
More flavor than low & slow!
Even better – U didn’t pay $ for your own better creation!- Reply
- DianaMarie
Easy recipe, tastes delicious!
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amazing!
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- Diane Mahoney
Great way to use tomatoes that are getting soft. I keep them in a baggie in my freezer and add them to many things. My favorite is to add them to Mac and cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches!
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Yes!
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- BK
I put panko on top
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cool
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- Diane Mahoney
I make these all the time. I use this method also to use up tomatoes that are starting to get soft. Sometimes I add basil. When they are cool, I freeze them on the parchment lined sheet pan I cooked them on. When frozen, I put them into ziploc bags. They add a burst of delicious flavor to pasta, pizza, grilled cheese, finely chopped in a meatloaf, and a hundred other things! Love them!!
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- elaine iannon
Hello, I am looking for a good recipe for sun-dried tomatoes. Would this work? Thank you.
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no
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- Donna A Pollock
Hey Chef Billy,
I have made Roasted tomatoes for years now. I love them so much. Great flavor, so delicious on salads, I love to have them on hand all the time they are so versetil and so easy to make. I add garlic to mine but this is a great recipe. I’m like you Chef Billy I always use great ingredients, it just tastes better to me. What a hit here…- Reply
- Kathleen McCloskey
I’ve done this for years, and add Italian spices too. Freeze them and use in moussaka and spaghetti. I use a cookie sheet so I have quite a few and cook for several hours at 250 degrees! ❤️🍅❤️
I just bought some beautiful salad size tomatoes that had a CANADA sticker on them. Bleh-no taste and nothing compared to the ones I get in San Antonio from Marfa, Tx. Any comments on whether the soil, temperature was the cause?- Reply
No clue
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- Nancy from Maine
How much I always enjoy all the tips that you give us home cooks and bakers. I can’t wait for our tomatoes to come in our garden this year. Keep up all the great work you do for us Wanna be chefs👩🏼🍳🧑🏻🍳👨🍳 😊
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- Ellen
Here in Northland our homegrowns don’t come out until mid-August, so this is a great way to get flavorful tomatoes. Or for those tomatoes that you are thinking of ditching because they’ve sat around too long.
When it’s too hot (like now) I just roast them for a long time on a very low temperature to avoid heating up the house. Wonderful on a charcuterie board or on homemade pizza, too.
Billy, your site is now my first choice to search in when I’m thinking of trying something new. Your easy- to-follow recipes are impeccable.- Reply
- Wendi
This was delicious!
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thanks for giving it a shot!!
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- Donna
Super simple & delicious way to make & enjoy tomatoes! These go well as a side with eggs at breakfast or with dinner!
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thanks for giving it a shot!!
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- Sara Stewart Wainwright
Hey Billy,
I LOVE roasted tomatoes and I can eat a whole sheet pan myself, I guess I should be ashamed to say. I add garlic and fresh thyme leaves, they are to die for. Great on sandwiches, bread, sauces and you name it. People that haven’t tried it are missing out!
Sara- Reply
- Jorge González V.
very easy to cook and they are delicious.
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fantastic!
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- Lynda ShawLynda
The tomato plate was a HIT!!! Everyone ❤️❤️❤️ them!!!
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Excellent!
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- Laura
Love these! Also good with some parmesan sprinkled on top.
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Yes!
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- Emily
Excellent!
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so good!!
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