Tomato Marinade Food

TASTY MARINATED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Arrange tomatoes in a large shallow dish. Combine remaining ingredients in a jar; cover tightly and shake well. Pour over tomato slices. Cover and refrigerate for several hours.

MISSY'S MARINATED TOMATOES

Steps:

• For the dressing: Mix the olive oil, sugar, parsley, basil, vinegar, salt, pepper, thyme, green onions and garlic in a large bowl.
• For the tomatoes: Cut the tomatoes into slices, chunks, quarters or halves, depending on the size. Add the tomatoes to the dressing and marinate for 3 to 4 hours.
• To serve: Lay out the butter lettuce leaves on a platter. Remove the tomatoes with a slotted spoon and spoon generously onto the lettuce. Drizzle over some of the dressing. Sprinkle over lots of whole basil leaves and basil stems with a few leaves on then.

THE BEST TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil and garlic cloves in a large saucepan over medium-low heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is soft and golden brown, about 6 minutes (do not let the garlic burn). Once the cloves are nicely browned remove them from the pot with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add the onion to the garlic-infused oil and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Crush the can of San Marzano tomatoes into the pot with your hands, then fill the can with water and pour it into the sauce. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, granulated garlic, onion powder and crushed red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Finely chop the reserved browned garlic cloves and add to the sauce.
• Stir in the Parmesan rind, if using, and the basil sprig. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until it has deepened in color and reduced slightly, about 1 hour 30 minutes (if the sauce begins to scorch, lower the heat). Season to taste with salt and pepper. Discard the Parmesan rind and basil before serving.

TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In 2 (13 by 9-inch) pans place tomato halves cut side up. Sprinkle with oil, salt and pepper, onion, garlic, and herbs. Bake tomatoes for 2 hours. Check the tomatoes after 1 hour and turn down the heat if they seem to be cooking too quickly. Then turn the oven to 400 degrees and bake another 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and process tomatoes through a food mill on medium dye setting over a small saucepan. Discard skins. Add white wine, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook for 5 minutes.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO MARINADE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. Scoop mixture out into a bowl and set aside for 20 to 30 minutes before using.
• If marinating a large turkey, double the recipe. Marinate poultry for 4 to 12 hours (marinate longer for larger cuts), fish and vegetables for 30 minutes, and beef for 4 to 24 hours.
• Store mixture in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days after initial preparation. Discard after this time.

SIMPLE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large casserole pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, and bay leaves and simmer covered on low heat for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and check for seasoning. If sauce still tastes acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time to round out the flavors.
• Add half the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Continue with remaining tomato sauce.
• If not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and pour 1 to 2 cup portions into freezer plastic bags. This will freeze up to 6 months.

HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE I

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Have ready a large bowl of iced water. Plunge whole tomatoes in boiling water until skin starts to peel, 1 minute. Remove with slotted spoon and place in ice bath. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then remove peel and squeeze out seeds. Chop 8 tomatoes and puree in blender or food processor. Chop remaining two tomatoes and set aside.
• In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper, carrot and garlic in oil and butter until onion starts to soften, 5 minutes. Pour in pureed tomatoes. Stir in chopped tomato, basil, Italian seasoning and wine. Place bay leaf and whole celery stalks in pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2 hours. Stir in tomato paste and simmer an additional 2 hours. Discard bay leaf and celery and serve.

FRESH TOMATO MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes; add tomatoes, garlic, and bay leaf. Bring the liquid from the tomatoes to a boil, reduce to medium-low, and simmer mixture until tomatoes are softened, about 30 minutes.
• Stir red wine, honey, basil, oregano, marjoram, salt, black pepper, fennel seed, and crushed red pepper into the tomato mixture; bring again to a simmer and cook until herbs have flavored the sauce, about 30 minutes more.
• Stir balsamic vinegar into the sauce.

SUN DRIED TOMATO MARINADE

Steps:

• Combine the sun-dried tomatoes, brown sugar, tomato sauce, and wine in a small nonreactive saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Immediately decrease the heat so that the sauce barely bubbles, and simmer for 1 hour, until reduced to 1 cup. Remove the mixture from the pan and cool to room temperature.
• Combine the tomato reduction, lemon zest and juice, oregano, basil, parsley, red pepper flakes to taste, salt, peppercorns, garlic, and vinegar in a blender or a food processor and process until all the ingredients are blended. Stored in a clean, airtight container, this will keep in the refrigerator for 2 weeks.

TOMATO-BASE MARINADE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in a zip top baggie.
• Add meat and leave in the fridge overnight.
• Basil is traditional in flavor.
• Substituting Oregano gives a more Italian taste.

TOMATO AND CHILI MARINADE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and use as required.

MARINATED TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Marinade:.
• Combine vinegar and salt in large bowl; stir until salt is completely dissolved. Add shallots, chives, lemon juice and white pepper; mix well. Slowly whisk in oil until well blended.
• Add tomatoes to marinade; toss well. Cover and let stand at room temperature 2 to 3 hours.
• To serve, place 3 plum tomato quarters on each of 8 salad plates. Add two slices yellow tomato, 4 cherry tomato halves and 4 pear tomato halves. Garmish each plate with sunflower sprouts, if desired. (Or place all marinated tomatoes on large serving plate and garnish).
• Passive work time is the marinating time.

TOMATO-GARLIC MARINADE

Steps:

• Rub meat with a little salt.
• Set aside. After 15 minutes,.
• Pour 8 oz. lemon-lime flavored soda.
• Heat 1 teaspoons oil on medium heat add garlic, let brown, then add onions, clarified butter, bay leaf, ground pepper, cayenne, salt. Saute for 3 minutes or until onions are transparent. Dissolve sugar in water then pour in the pan. Simmer then add tomato paste. Mix until well combined. Set aside to let it cool then add to meat. Marinade overnight.
• Next Day: Scrape sauce off meat.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in pan.
• Cook until brown on both sides.
• Pour 1/2 cup of sauce.
• Cover pan. At this point you can choose to:.
• Simmer on stovetop until meat is fork tender or
• Transfer to a slow cooker.
• Heat to boil the remaining marinade (you can use the microwave) then pour over meat if more sauce is desired. Adjust seasoning to suit your taste.
• TIP: Add enough water to prevent sauce from scorching. Enjoy!

MARINATED GARDEN TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and onions in a shallow serving bowl. , In another bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; pour over tomatoes. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.