Tomato Leather
Today we have a guest post from Christpher S. Penn. Christopher is one of the top minds in social media, an analytics god, a foodie, and a ninja (yes, a real live ninja) on the side. You can follow him on Twitter where he shares tons of useful information on a daily basis.
This recipe was originally posted over on Christopher’s blog and once I read it I begged him to let me post it here for all of you. This is an innovative recipe and the first time I’ve read about something like this. I’m definitely going to give this a try this weekend.
An interesting thing I tried over the weekend. Take a can of crushed tomatoes, add salt and pepper as necessary, then pour it all on a baking sheet and bake it in the oven at 170 degrees for 12 hours or until dry and dark. You end up with a snack that tastes like sun-dried tomatoes and handles like a fruit rollup. Cook it longer or get a cookie cutter and cut circles out of the sheet and bake at a slightly higher temperature and you’ve got tomato chips.
Unlike potato chips, these have zero fat, only as much salt as you put in (or that came in the can), and are darned tasty. For extra fun, add in exceptionally finely chopped basil before drying.
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fantastic snack and very healthy! The funny thing is that a lot of people think it’s really hard. It’s actually simple to make and if you follow Amber’s recipe below, you’ll be sure to impress everyone the next time you have guests over!