Great Tomato Recipe Contest 2011 – Winning Recipes

Great Tomato Recipe Contest 2011 – Winning Recipes 1st Place Grand Prize: Gerald Cowan’s Tomato, Lettuce, Bacon (Reverse BLT) Sandwich on Homemade Sun-dried Tomato Herb Bread, served with Homemade Sun-dried Tomato Mayonnaise Bread – 3 cups bread flour, 1 ¼ t. salt, ¼ t. dry yeast, 1 1/3 cup cool water, ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes,…

Read More

Chilled Sun-Gold Tomato Soup

Ingredients for Soup: 2 pints Sun Gold tomatoes, stems removed 2 shallots, finely diced sea salt 1 cup water Ingredients for Relish: 3 tbsp. Spanish Chardonnay vinegar or champagne vinegar 2 tsps. finely diced and seeded serrano chile (optional) 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 firm avocado, pitted, peeled, and finely diced 1 tbsp. chopped…

Read More

Winning Recipes from the Great Tomato Recipe Contest

Winning Recipes from the Great Tomato Recipe Contest 1st place overall and 1st Place Appetizer from Becky Hamill and George Tittman Janet Davis – Technical Advisor Roasted Tomato Crostini with Summer Tomato Martini For the Crostini: Using Kogler’s Old World Bread baguette, sliver off most of the crust. Cut into very thin slices. Brush both…

Read More

Old-Time Summer Tomato Soup

Ingredients: ½ cup (tight-packed) torn fresh basil leaves Extra-virgin olive oil 3 medium onions, finely chopped Salt and fresh-ground black pepper 3 large garlic cloves, minced 3 lbs. local, fresh, ripe tomatoes (do not use Romas), chopped 2 14-ounce cans of chicken broth 4 cups homemade broth or two-14 ounce cans chicken or vegetable broth…

Read More

Second Annual Great Tomato Recipe Contest Prize Winning Recipes

Second Annual Great Tomato Recipe Contest Prize Winning Recipes Tomato Sorbet (1st place) Dessert Category Don Tilton Ingredients and Directions: Whisk together 2 cups chilled tap water, 1 cup tomato water*, 2 tablespoons superfine sugar and 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice until sugar is dissolved. Transfer mixture to an ice cream machine and freeze according…

Read More