How to Dehydrate Cherry Tomatoes
Step by step instructions on how to dehydrate cherry tomatoes!
In my fun week of acting like a mad scientist in the kitchen (hello dried cantaloupe chips!), throwing vegetables and fruits in the food dehydrator asking the question “How will this taste dried” I had to try tomatoes. With the amount of tomatoes we were harvesting and by the amount of sauces I already have made, I was dying to do something else with them. How about dehydrated tomatoes to snack on?
I had a good feeling the tomatoes would taste great but I had no idea how extra delicious they would be. For about 9 hours they dried turning the house smelling like a tomato garden. Drying should take about 9-10 hours, you can stop them when they get to the texture you like your tomatoes to be.
Besides snacking on them, dried tomatoes make the perfect addition to pastas and adding to a tomato sauce. I always think they give tomato sauce extra flavor and makes it taste heartier. There’s no scientific evidence on this, it’s just what it tastes like to me.
What else are they good in? Slow cooker recipes! From meats to chili recipes, they taste extra good that way.
You could also cut little bread slices, put ricotta on them. Then add some dried tomatoes. And then drizzle a little olive oil on top. That sounds like the perfect afternoon snack to me.
If I have some roma tomatoes that are sitting with the cherry tomatoes, I’ll throw them in the food dehydrator too. They taste just as good.
Enjoy! Have fun with your food dehydrator!
How to Dehydrate Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients
- Cherry Tomatoes
Instructions
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half and spread on dehydrator tray.
- Set your dehydrator to 125 degrees.
- Dry for 9-10 hours.
- Store in mason jar or plastic bag.
Yum! I am loving your idea of pairing them with Ricotta! These look delicious and a super healthy snack. Pinned!
Thanks Lindsey!
Great tutorial. I have never dehydrated my own fruit before.
Thanks Dannii, it’s lots of fun.. and yummy!
They look so beautiful!
Thanks Ela!
You make me wanna run out and buy a dehydrator!!! These dried tomatoes would be awesome to snack on – and would not last long in my house!
Hope you get one Shashi, it’s my new favorite kitchen toy!
I always oven roast mine, next time I’ll get my dehydrator out!
Love me some roasted tomatoes!
I need a dehydrator!!!! Cherry tomatoes are pretty much the only thing still growing in our garden!
Don’t you love how long they last for?
Oh my gosh, this is so fun! I have always wanted to get a dehydrator and you are definitely giving me that extra nudge 🙂 I would never have thought of dehydrated tomatoes though but it sounds amazing!!
It’s lots of fun.. the possibilities of drying are endless!
I would have never thought about dehydrating tomatoes – but this is so so cool! And they are so pretty with that gorgeous color!
Thanks Ashley, I love how pretty they are too!
Boom diggity…. Soooo yarm!
I don’t own a dehydrator, I always do them in the oven. They are the perfect arvo snack. They never last morn than 1 sitting. Ha
I wish I had so many cherry tomatoes to dehydrate!
I’m so jealous because I don’t have a dehydrator! And I love dried tomatoes so much. They’re the best in salads!
i would love these in salads and pasta! Such a great way to preserve those sweet cherry tomatoes!
What a great idea. Cherry tomatoes are my absolute favorite tomatoes – along with Romas! I never thought to dehydrate them, but I can totally imagine snacking on these tasty babies! Pinned!
What a fun experiment! And now I need a dehydrator. Darn it 😀
Too bad my boyfriend hates tomatoes. And I don’t have a dehydrator :p
I’m drying some in my diy solar dehydrator but some are turning black. Why? The temp stays between 115-125.
Thanks
Hey Richard, often if they’re sliced too thin, they will turn black. How thin are you slicing them?