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    Home » Recipes

    Tomatoes Confit with Garlic

    Published: Oct 6, 2023 by Sonila · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Tomatoes Confit with Garlic and Herbs are tomatoes cooked in low heat for a long time to preserve their shape. This creates a mix of olive oil with flavor concentrate from the tomatoes, garlic and herbs that can be used over toast, pasta and fish!!

    Cherry tomatoes confit with garlic and herbs on a pot covered with oil. There's a ladle bringing some of the tomatoes up for better view.
    Tomatoes Confit

    I love roasting tomatoes, marinating tomatoes, fire roasting them, making salsas or dips as well as using them in salads, soups or stews. Tomatoes are one of the few items that I buy in every grocery trip.

    If you like to cook just garlic confit, feel free to check out my 1 minute video on how to make garlic confit!

    What are the best tomatoes to use for this recipe?

    This recipe is perfect for end of season when you get cheaper tomatoes with lots of flavor. You want to use ripe tomatoes that haven’t gone soft yet. They have the most flavor!

    I love using cherry tomatoes for this recipe. I have also tried grape tomatoes, campari tomatoes and plum tomatoes.

    On cherry and grape tomatoes, I just use them whole. While on plum and campari tomatoes, I roast them sliced with little oil then add them to a jar and cover in oil. So it’s a slightly different process for bigger tomatoes.

    As per cherry tomatoes, you can use regular cherry tomatoes, medley cherry tomatoes or the ones I used for this recipe called Sugar Bomb Cherry Tomatoes. They are so sweet

    Ingredients

    So you can adjust some of these ingredients to your taste as recipe is not ridgid. Feel free to use this recipe as base and tag extra ingredients or change quantities.

    • Cherry tomatoes – use red, ripe tomatoes but not soft. I used sugar bombs cherry tomatoes.
    • Olive oil – use a good quality olive oil.
    • Garlic – I used elephant garlic, but regular garlic cloves work just as well.
    • Fresh herbs – I made a little bouquet with fresh herbs and tied it with kitchen twine so it makes it easier for removal later. I used rosemary, thyme and oregano.
    Fresh cherry tomatoes (some still in the vine), a bouquet of herbs tied with twine, garlic and oil are in the background.
    Ingredients

    How to cook tomatoes confit?

    I love cooking tomatoes confit slow and in low heat for a long time. Garlic becomes soft and spreadable, oil becomes fragrant and infused with garlic and herb flavors, tomatoes become soft and flavor concentrate while still maintaining their shape.

    While it is customary to add salt and pepper, I don’t add them to the baking dish. I tend to season afterwards once I know how I’ll use the confit.

    Cherry tomatoes in olive oil with garlic and herbs in a baking dish, before roasting.
    Tomatoes Confit before roasting

    How do you serve these tomatoes?

    The main ways I serve these tomatoes confit are as follows:

    • topping toast
    • topping pasta
    • as a side to grilled fish

    Then I use them in soups or stews that require any form of tomatoes (anything from diced, sauce, paste etc). Both the oil and the tomatoes add so much flavor to these type of meals.

    Finally, when tomatoes and garlic are finished I still have oil leftover. That oil, while doesn’t look as clear in color as regular olive oil does, it’s an amazing flavor add on.

    Tomatoes confit over toasted baguette, garnished with basil. Next o the bread there are slices of cheese on both sides.
    Tomatoes Confit over Toasted Baguette served with Cheese
    Tomatoes confit on a baking dish just finished cooking. There's a ladle bringing some of them still with stems on out of the oil for better view.

    Tomatoes Confit with Garlic

    Sonila
    Tomatoes confit with garlic and herbs make for a great topping for pasta, fish and toast. I love serving them over grilled food because they add so much flavor. It's a great way to preserve tomatoes end of the season!
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Mediterranean
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 494 kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Enameled Dutch Oven

    Ingredients
      

    • 16 ozs cherry tomatoes
    • 1 elephant garlic about 10-15 regular garlic cloves
    • 2 rosemary sprigs
    • 5 thyme sprigs
    • 3 oregano sprigs
    • 1.5 cup olive oil extra virgin

    Instructions
     

    • Peel garlic cloves, set aside. If they're too big, you can slice them too. Make a bouquet with fresh herbs and tie them together with kitchen twine.
    • Rinse tomatoes and let them air dry in a colander. You can try to preserve the vine part so they look prettier but the stems and vine are not necessary.
    • Add tomatoes to a shallow baking dish. A dutch oven like the one pictured or a cast iron dish work best, the heavier the better it absorbs heat and it keeps it.
    • Add garlic, herbs and if you want salt and pepper. Cover the tomatoes in oil.
    • Pre-heat oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Place baking dish inside the oven once it has reached the temperature. Let the tomatoes slowly cook for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let rest when done and add to a jar as soon as tomatoes confit are cool enough to handle. Serve as desired!

    Notes

    • Salt/pepper optional – you can add them to tomatoes confit as they roast and the flavor will be better incorporated. Or you can keep them out and add as needed based on how you’ll use these tomatoes. 
    • Store in an  (affiliate) airtight glass jar in the refrigerator. 
    • Use over pasta, fish, grilled meats or over sourdough bread etc etc. 
    • ***Calories – please note that you’re not consuming the whole oil in your serving, it mostly spill over the bread and onto the plate etc. 

    Nutrition Label

    Nutrition Facts
    Tomatoes Confit with Garlic
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 494 Calories from Fat 486
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 54g83%
    Saturated Fat 7g44%
    Monounsaturated Fat 39g
    Sodium 10mg0%
    Potassium 181mg5%
    Carbohydrates 4g1%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 2g2%
    Protein 1g2%
    Vitamin A 428IU9%
    Vitamin C 19mg23%
    Calcium 22mg2%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 494kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 54gSaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 39gSodium: 10mgPotassium: 181mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 428IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
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    How long can you store tomatoes confit for?

    When I make tomatoes confit, we usually consume the quantity in this recipe within a week or so and I store them in an airtight glass jar in the refrigerator. If stored properly they’re safe to use for up to a month. Separate what you’ll use on daily basis and let that come to room temperature, while the the rest of the confit stays stored in the refrigerator.

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    Tomatoes confit with garlic and herbs in olive oil, just roasted shown in the baking dish.
    Cherry Tomatoes Confit with Garlic and Herbs

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    About Sonila

    Mom of 2, wife, engineer, food blogger & recipe creator! Sonila was born in Albania, her heritage inspires her Mediterranean recipes while that of her husband the Latin ones. Sonila has 2 degrees in Engineering from University of Miami.

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    Mom of 2, wife, engineer, food blogger & recipe creator! Sonila was born in Albania, her heritage inspires her Mediterranean recipes while that of her husband the Latin ones. Sonila has 2 degrees in Engineering from University of Miami.

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