Simple, easy and healthy roasted cherry tomatoes is a great side dish. Use it on bruschetta, mash and add it to pasta or serve alongside roasted meat. You’ll fall in love with its simplicity.
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Oven roasted cherry tomato recipe
Roasting tomatoes in the oven is one of the best things to do when you have tomatoes available fresh and abundant! Cherry tomatoes are great when roasted in the oven. It gets mushed away releasing all its flavors, making it full of flavors.
This juicy, clean flavors in the tomatoes makes it get with roasted meat as side dish, you can scoop it over bruschetta and serve it as starter.
Plump fresh cherry tomatoes are great in it own. I could gobble up these cute tomatoes as it is. But if you can enhance its flavors and serve it in so many other ways, then why not try it! You should definitely give these roasted cherry tomatoes recipe a try.
Ingredients you’ll need
Here’s what you’ll need:
Note- fresh thyme is missing in the photo, but I have used it in the recipe. You should use it, it enhances the flavors.
Tomatoes: freshest and ripe tomatoes is what you need. I have used cherry tomatoes on the vein and roasted directly. Feel free to remove tomatoes from vein before roasting.
You can also use ripe tomatoes tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes. Note you might have to adjust the roasting time for Roma or heirloom tomatoes.
Fresh Herbs: I used fresh thyme. I missed placing it in ingredients shoot. Don’t skip it. You can also use fresh basil leaves.
Garlic: tomatoes love garlic. Use it generously, accordingly. Do not skip garlic. You would love the flavor if garlic with tomato.
Olive oil: olive oil does two things, helps roast tomatoes without getting stuck to pan and enhance the flavors.
Seasoning: sea salt and freshly milled pepper as per taste.
How to roast cherry tomatoes
Rinse tomatoes well.
You can remove the veins and arrange tomatoes on baking tray before roasting.
Or leave tomatoes in it vein and roast it. You will remove veins later once tomatoes are roasted.
Cover baking tray with aluminium foil.
Arrange cherry tomatoes in one layer. Spread garlic cloves over tomatoes.
Spray/drizzle olive oil all over. Season with salt and pepper.
Spread fresh thyme all over the tomatoes.
Roast cherry tomatoes in pre-heated oven at 400 degree Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes.
Remove tray from oven, let it sit for few minutes.
Carefully remove the veins off (note after roasting veins will be crispy and can break off into powder.)
To make it easy to remove tomatoes, use a fork and carefully pull off all squishy tomatoes and then remove veins discard it.
This roasted tomatoes can be served as side dish.
Can be used in bruschetta. Over pasta. Mash it into sauce and use it as pasta sauce. Serve alongside grilled meat.
FAQS
Yes you can use other tomato varieties. Instead of cherry tomato use grape tomato or you can use regular Roma tomatoes cut into quarters.
Grape tomatoes are shaped differently, resembling grape shape – oblong in shape. Whereas cherry tomatoes are round in shape. Cherry tomatoes are juicy, grape tomatoes aren’t that juicy.
There are so many ways to use roasted cherry tomatoes. It’s a great side dish for summer BBQ party, with grilled meat. You can top it over bread to make bruschetta, add it as pizza topping, stir it in your salads and pasta, stir it in soup, make marinara sauce out of it.
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📋Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ripe cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt adjust to taste
- ¾ teaspoon freshly ground pepper adjust to taste
- 5-10 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
- Rinse tomatoes well.
- You can remove the veins and arrange tomatoes on baking tray before roasting.
- Or leave tomatoes in it vein and roast it. You will remove veins later once tomatoes are roasted.
- Cover baking tray with aluminium foil.
- Arrange cherry tomatoes in one layer. Spread garlic cloves over tomatoes.
- Spray/drizzle olive oil all over. Season with salt and pepper.
- Spread fresh thyme all over the tomatoes.
- Roast cherry tomatoes in pre-heated oven at 400 degree Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove tray from oven, let it sit for few minutes.
- Carefully remove the veins off (note after roasting veins will be crispy and can break off into powder.)
- To make it easy to remove tomatoes, use a fork and carefully pull off all squishy tomatoes and then remove veins discard it.
- This roasted tomatoes can be served as side dish.
- Can be used in bruschetta. Over pasta. Mash it into sauce and use it as pasta sauce. Serve alongside grilled meat.
Julia Disser
can the end product be frozen for future use?
Jyothi Rajesh
They are best made right when you want to eat/use them. If you want to keep, store in air tight container in fridge for 2 to 3 days.
I haven’t tested freezing these, my best guess YES, you can freeze.
To freeze, let them cool completely after it’s roasted. Then pack them into freezer bags & pop in freezer. Use in recipes that call for tomatoes
Natalie
Such a lovely recipe. I can’t wait to make this and put all over my pasta. Looks so delicious and flavors are amazing.
Heidy
This was a great recipe for roasted tomatoes and it came out perfect! I appreciate the details in the recipe and the tips. You have no idea how much easier it was to follow this outstanding recipe than some of the other ones I have seen on the night! I wish I could give it a 10-star rating.
Jyothi Rajesh
Glad you enjoyed it
Sam
I am obsessed with roasted tomatoes, they are so good! I haven’t yet tried with cherry tomatoes, but I am planning to. Will be picking up some tomorrow to try it. Thank you!
Alena
This is such a helpful and useful recipe for roasting tomatoes! I can’t wait to include these cherry tomatoes on bread, pasta, and whatever else I have on hand!
Eileen Kelly
Our garden was so full of cherry tomatoes, thyme, and basil and this was the perfect recipe for them. Super flavorful and perfect over pasta
Tara
I don’t like tomatoes raw, but I can eat roasted tomatoes all day long. I love how simple this recipe is, but so flavorful. Can’t wait to add this to my homemade marinara sauce!
Jyothi Rajesh
Glad you liked it
Anna
Roasted tomatoes are my favourite! They have so much more depth of flavour and can be used in so many different recipes! I can’t wait for my tomatoes to ripe so I can cook with them!
Jyothi Rajesh
Thank you
Paige
This is such and easy and delish way to dress up the plate! Love it !
Jyothi Rajesh
Thank you
Ramona
There isn’t a better option to cook tomatoes if you really want the most flavour out of these little red gems. This was the best idea to use these for a beautiful tomato soup. Absolutely delicious!
Jyothi Rajesh
Thank you
Amy
This recipe is so flavorful and delicious, but simple enough that it can be used for so many different things! My favorite is as bruschetta, but I can’t wait to try it in sauce, too. Thanks for sharing such a yummy recipe!