Roasted tomatoes are delicious as an easy side dish, in pasta, on salads, and more.

Roasting tomatoes intensifies their sweetness, caramelizing the sugars and adding a richer flavor.

Learn how to roast tomatoes so they’re always juicy and flavorful.

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What Kind of Tomatoes Are the Best for Roasting?

Pretty much any kind of tomato can be roasted.

To choose the best tomatoes for roasting, look for tomatoes that are ripe but still firm.

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Save those extra-ripe, super juicy tomatoes fortomato gravy,tomato sandwiches, orsalads.

Do You Have To Cut the Core out of Roasted Tomatoes?

If youd like to take thecore and seeds outof the tomatoes, do that before roasting.

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packages), halved.

Roast 15 to 20 minutes or until softened and beginning to brown.

How Long Does It Take To Roast Tomatoes?

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Plum, or other similarly-sized tomatoes, will take about 30 minutes to roast.

Roasted tomatoes are also great used as the base fortomato souportomato sauce.

If keeping longer, they can be frozen for 2 to 3 months.

Southern Living How to Roast Tomatoes lining the baking sheet with foil

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After freezing and thawing, roasted tomatoes are usually best for pureeing into soup or sauce.

Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Prepare tomatoes:

Cut tomatoes in half.

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If tomatoes are very large, they can be quartered.

Place tomatoes on prepared baking sheet, cut side up.

Drizzle tomatoes with oil mixture:

Drizzle mixture over tomatoes and toss lightly to coat.

Southern Living How to Roast Tomatoes placing the tomatoes on the baking sheet

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see to it tomatoes are still facing cut side up.

Southern Living How to Roast Tomatoes whisking together the oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper

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Southern Living How to Roast Tomatoes drizzling the tomatoes with the olive oil mixture

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