These Easy Sun-Dried Cherry Tomatoes are intensely fragrant, delicately sweet and will make you wonder why you ever bought shop bought sun-dried tomatoes in the first place.

Learn HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN OWN SUN-DRIED TOMATOES AT HOME in your own comfort, they can be used and enjoyed in any recipes any time of the year.

These Easy Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes are intensely fragrant, delicately sweet and will make you wonder why you ever bought shop bought sun-dried tomatoes in the first place. Learn HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN OWN SUN DRIED TOMATOES AT HOME in your own comfort, they can be used and enjoyed in any recipes any time of the year. - 1

This recipe couldn’t have coincided better with the 50 year anniversary of the first Moon Landing . I loved astronomy so much growing up and will never forget the day I went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida back in 2008. I learned about the food that astronauts ate and how it was all dehydrated by various processes to stop it from going off. As a souvenir from the gift shop, we brought back some space food – freeze-dried strawberry ice cream was one of them if I remember correctly!

These Easy Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes are intensely fragrant, delicately sweet and will make you wonder why you ever bought shop bought sun-dried tomatoes in the first place. Learn HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN OWN SUN DRIED TOMATOES AT HOME in your own comfort, they can be used and enjoyed in any recipes any time of the year. - 2

In perfect sync with this anniversary, we have made dehydrated Cherry Tomatoes. Now we all love sundried tomatoes at home, we add them to cheese and salad sandwiches with homemade chutneys, in pesto, sundried tomato rosemary focaccia and salads just to name a few. If you are blessed with glorious sunshine, then sun-drying the tomatoes seems the best option, but, like us, if you are not, you have to fall back on other (equally effective) methods. In the past, we used to oven-dry our tomatoes but this time, we used a food dehydrator.

Sundried Cherry Tomatoes - 3 These Easy Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes are intensely fragrant, delicately sweet and will make you wonder why you ever bought shop bought sun-dried tomatoes in the first place. Learn HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN OWN SUN DRIED TOMATOES AT HOME in your own comfort, they can be used and enjoyed in any recipes any time of the year. - 4

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Easy Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes

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ingredients:

  • *700g cherry tomatoes

  • 200ml extra virgin olive oil or olive oil

  • 1 TBSP mixed dried herbs

  • 3-4 garlic cloves

  • Sea salt flakes

  • Cosori original food dehydrator

  • Knife

  • bowl

  • spoon

  • jar

instructions:

How to cook Easy Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes

  1. First, wash and pat dry tomatoes.
  2. Cut into two halves, you don’t need to peel the skin of tomatoes in this recipe.
  3. Put in a big bowl, add salt, little oil, and some dried herbs.
  4. Mix gently.
  5. Read carefully manual instructions of your dehydrator first.
  6. Layout tomato halves on a supplied trays, leaving some room in between them.
  7. Cover it with the provided lid and turn the machine on.
  8. Set the temperature on 55C and time set for 10-11 hours.
  9. Check the tomatoes after 6-7 hours.
  10. Once dried, remove them and let it cool completely.
  11. Store it in the sterile jar, add garlic, herbs and salt if necessary.
  12. Now pour olive oil and make sure all the tomatoes are submerged in oil.
  13. Cover the lid tightly and leave in the refrigerator for a week or use in the required recipe.

NOTES:

This Vegan White Bean Bruschetta recipe is a delicious Italian starter. Thick slices of toasted RYE sourdough bread are topped with white kidney beans, sundried cherry tomatoes , green pesto, and extra virgin olive oil. Creamy cannellini beans lend a nutty, earthy flavour whilst lashings of extra virgin olive oil add a fruity aroma.

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This bruschetta recipe is bursting with flavour! It is easy to prepare with a couple of ingredients and makes for the perfect starter or light lunch.

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Ingredients

Full ingredients and measurements can be found in the recipe card below.

Bread such as sourdough or baguette cut into thick slices

Cannellini beans aka White Kidney Beans. You can cook your own at home or use tinned beans. Great northern beans make a good alternative.

Green Pesto prepared with basil, pine nuts, garlic and olive oil. Alternatively, use red pesto or even Rose Harissa paste . A good nut free substitute for pesto is this basil sauce .

Cherry tomatoes (fresh, halved) and sundried tomatoes . You can use both or either in this recipe.

Fresh herbs such as fresh parsley and basil

Extra virgin olive oil and seasoning.

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How to make White Bean Bruschetta

You can toast the bread in an oven or use a toaster.

If baking in the oven, place sliced bread on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown.

Brush oil over the toasted baguette slices along with some of the pesto

To be extra fancy, you can rub garlic clove on the toasted bread first.

In a bowl, mix together the white beans, tomatoes, pesto, herbs and seasoning. Mix well.

Top the toasted bread with the white bean mixture and serve.

Serving Suggestions

This white bread bruschetta is the perfect appetizer.

I love bruschetta alongside salads such as this Zucchini Ribbon Salad or simply dress salad greens with a little oil and balsamic vinegar or lemon juice.

Storage

Store leftover topping in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for 3 days.

If possible, store the mixture separately from the bread to prevent the bread becoming soggy.

Other starters and snacks recipes

Loaded cauliflower mash cheese balls

Baked sesame vegetable spring rolls

Strawberry, Goats’ Cheese and Pistachio Crostini

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White Bean Bruschetta

Ingredients

  • 10 pieces bread sliced
  • 250 grams white beans cooked
  • 100 gram green pesto
  • 100 gram sundried tomatoes or semi dried cherry tomatoes
  • 50 millilitres extra virgin olive oil
  • parsley and basil leaves finely chopped
  • salt to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • In a large bowl add the white beans, pesto (reserve a couple of teaspoons), olive oil, chopped fresh basil, and parsley leaves and season.
  • In a toaster or grill, toast the bread slices lightly.
  • Once toasted, spread over some pesto and drizzle a little olive oil.
  • Top the bread with the white bean mixture and garnish with extra herbs
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

Nutrition

PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.