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Roasted Tomato Spread
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Roasted Tomato Spread

Roasted tomato and garlic spread – deep in flavor, perfect with fresh bread

⏱ 55 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Halve the head of garlic crosswise.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    Arrange the tomatoes and head of garlic in a baking pan.
    Baking pan
  4. 4
    Drizzle the olive oil and sprinkle the sugar, paprika, salt and black pepper.
  5. 5
    Roast the tomatoes and head of garlic in a hot oven (200°C / 390°F) 40–45 minutes, until the tomatoes are shriveled and caramelized.
    ⚙ Oven roastingOvenBaking pan
  6. 6
    Cool lightly and squeeze the soft garlic cloves out of their skins.
  7. 7
    Grind the tomatoes with a stick blender with the garlic cloves and the basil to a coarse spread.
    ⚙ Grinding in a Food ProcessorStick blender
    💡In a food processor, grind in short pulses and check between pulses: it's easy to go from coarse to paste. (Sesame for tahini, on the other hand, is ground continuously.)
  8. 8
    Serve with bread.
189calories
3 gprotein
12 gcarbs
14 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 25%● fat 68%

Per serving (279 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stick blender · Also works: Blender (Blend in batches in a blender; more dishes, careful with the heat) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Masher (Coarse texture)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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