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Sun dried tomatoes

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Greenfinch Thu 11-Jun-26 17:56:03

I am starting to use sun dried tomatoes quite a lot and I buy the jars marinated in oil with garlic and herbs. My question is what can I do with the oil etc other than dispose of it ? Is there something I could use it for instead of wasting it?

GrannyGravy13 Thu 11-Jun-26 18:03:55

Use it for salad dressings or dry some tomatoes slowly in the oven and when cold put them in the jar.

Patsy70 Thu 11-Jun-26 18:08:33

I use it for cooking, salad dressings or adding to the ingredients when making bread.

Sago Thu 11-Jun-26 18:08:51

I buy sun-dried tomatoes in the dehydrated state in a bag from Grapetree, I hydrate them in oil then use the oil for cooking just as you would ordinary olive oil, it’s great for pasta dishes and risotto.

Greenfinch Thu 11-Jun-26 22:20:30

Good ideas here thanks. I will take them all on board.

MissAdventure Thu 11-Jun-26 22:49:31

Its never occurred to me to use up the oil, so thank you! smile

Usedtobeblonde Thu 11-Jun-26 22:59:30

Just another plug for Grape Tree, I like their products very much and will now try the sun dried tomatoes, probably add a garlic clove or two.
I get all my dried fruit from them.

MissAdventure Thu 11-Jun-26 23:04:43

What other dried fruits do you buy please?
Any recommendations? smile

Elegran Thu 11-Jun-26 23:21:07

Their apricots are delicious. I get their dried apples too, and their giant raisins and walnut halves. I make a winter fruit salad with apples, apricots and raisins and a small amount of chopped dried ginger, soaked overnight in orange juice (from a carton) I cut up the apple rings, they are too big whole.

MissAdventure Thu 11-Jun-26 23:22:35

Thank you.
I'll have to check them out.

Esmay Sun 14-Jun-26 13:58:05

Add a splash of wine wine vinegar , a blob of Dijon mustard and some minced garlic to the oil.

I can't bear to waste the liquid left from pickled gherkins and add olive oil to it.

Keep in jars in the fridge .
You'll have ready made exciting salad dressings.
Shake and enjoy!

Lallylou Sun 14-Jun-26 15:00:46

Hello,
I am cooking a lot of Ella Mills recipes so I save the liquid and put it in chick pea and other recipes. It's delicious and too good to waste 🙂

Greenfinch Sun 14-Jun-26 15:36:58

I hate waste too so am glad to receive all these suggestions. Thank you.

Frenchgalinspain Sun 14-Jun-26 17:19:15

Jamie Oliver has a few interesting recipes with sun dried tomatoes as the main ingredient.

Shall experiment when we return from our holiday.

MissAdventure Sun 14-Jun-26 17:51:41

I won't baulk at the price of them so much, if i know I'm getting a bit more out of a jar, now.

arum Mon 15-Jun-26 07:56:12

I am very wary of sunflower oils, and also other seed oils, because it contains high levels of linoleic acid which may contribute to cancer risk. If the sun dried tomatoes are in olive oil, which contains up to 20% linoleic acid, I would use it, as others have mentioned, in salad, pasta etc.

Greenfinch Mon 15-Jun-26 08:49:26

That’s interesting arum,I must refer to the ingredients.