Sig's Pan Cooked Smoked Garlic and Tomatoes

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   Please make sure that you get the best of ingredients that you can for this recipe.

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   First wash the tomatoes , the dry them with a paper towel.

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   Cut of the top end of each tomato to form a flat base , leaving the stem end intact.

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   Heat the olive oil on very low heat, add the tomatoes with the cut side down into the pan, carefully and one by one.

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   Gently break the garlic into 2 halves add one half to the oil, use the other half at a later date.

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   Cover the pan , cook them very slowly, about 35 minutes or so, making sure that the oil at no point starts to fry the tomatoes or the garlic.

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   Make sure that the tomatoes keep their shape when transferring them to serving plate.

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   Sprinkle with the cayenne pepper.

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   Serve on their own with bread, meat, fish, pasta or potatoes of choice or as here with slices of soft goats cheese and a garnish of rosemary.

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    You can pierce the skin slightly and peel it back, like leaves, to expose the cooked tomato .

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    This makes it look prettier and easy to remove the skin if you don't want to eat it .

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    The cooked garlic will have a sweet slightly smoked flavour and will be buttersoft and can be spread on bread.

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    The leftover juice/oil can be served with the tomatoes to be soaked up by the bread , used to roast potatoes or can be used as a base for a sauce or gravy.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.