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Home » Recipes » Tomates cerises confites

Candied cherry tomatoes

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Updated on 21 August 2025 by
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Candied cherry tomatoes
8 reviews 4.4 : Very good
Cuisine
Italy
Diet
GFDF Gluten-free Lactose-free Vegan Vegetarian
Level
Easy
Calories
38 kcal
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
3 hours

Sun-dried tomatoes are typical of southern Italy, and particularly of Sicily. There, the sun is used to draw moisture from the tomatoes, allowing them to be stored in the open air.

Tomatoes that have been only partially dried are called sun-dried tomatoes and must therefore be preserved in a bath of olive oil.

In my recipe for sun-dried cherry tomatoes, the drying is done in the oven since not all of us are lucky enough to live in Sicily!

I used cherry tomatoes because that’s the variety I planted and harvested in abundance. That said, you can easily adapt this recipe for larger tomatoes, which you’ll need to cut into quarters rather than piercing with a fork as shown here.

Once prepared and stored in jars, these sun-dried cherry tomatoes will be a hit at a cocktail party—served on toast, on pizza, in quiches, or even in a salad. 

And finally, to make the most of this preparation, you can use the oil from the jars as a base for a flavorful vinaigrette. 

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Ingredients for Candied cherry tomatoes

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    1 kg of cherry tomatoes
  • Image de garlic
    5 pods of garlic
  • Image de thyme
    quelques branch of thyme
  • Image de olive oil
    50 cl of olive oil
  • Image de jam jar
    quelques jam jar small (15 cl)

Candied cherry tomatoes : instructions

  • 1
    Remove the stems from the tomatoes and rinse them.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 0
  • 2
    Prick the cherry tomatoes with a fork so they release their juices more easily, or better yet, cut them in half. Add olive oil to the bowl and toss a few times to coat them evenly.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 1
  • 3
    Peel the garlic cloves, chop them into rough pieces, and press them into a garlic press over the bowl. Stir so that the garlic coats the tomatoes evenly.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 2
  • 4
    Spread the tomatoes out on a baking sheet and sprinkle the thyme leaves over them. Season lightly with salt.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 3
  • 5
    Place the baking sheet in the oven and let the tomatoes dry on the convection setting at 100°C for 3 hours. To allow the tomatoes to dry, you’ll need to leave the oven door slightly ajar—using a small spoon, for example.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 4
  • 6
    Meanwhile, boil the jars and lids you’ll be using to store the tomatoes. If you don’t have a canner, you can check out this article.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 5
  • 7
    Once the tomatoes are all wrinkled and dried, remove them from the oven and place them in each jar. Leave about 3 cm of space at the top of the jar.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 6
  • 8
    Fill with olive oil, making sure to completely cover the tomatoes, otherwise they will no longer be protected by the oil and will spoil prematurely.
    Tomates cerises confites - Instruction 7
  • 9
    Seal the jars with their lids and store them in the coldest part of the refrigerator. Prepared this way, these candied cherry tomatoes will keep for several months in the refrigerator.

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  1. User pictureMartine

    August 20, 2025

    Bonjour.
    Avant de me lancer, dois-je couper les tomates (de mon jardin) en quatre.
    Et, une fois le bocal entamé, combien de temps max pour déguster cette bonne recette !
    Merci

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    • Picture of toquetoqueSylvain

      August 20, 2025

      Bonjour Martine, cette recette est adaptée à des tomates cerises. Du fait de leur petite taille vous pouvez les garder entières tout en les piquant, ou bien les couper en deux. Si vous voulez utiliser des tomates normales, alors il vous faudra effectivement les couper en au moins 4 tranches et retirer la chair et les pépins, afin qu’elles puissent sécher correctement. Il vous faudra dans ce cas surveiller la cuisson, car les durées que je donne sont faites pour des tomates cerises.

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      • User pictureMartine

        August 21, 2025

        Re-bonjour Sylvain
        Merci pour votre réponse à ma première question.
        Mais pour la 2ème : combien de jours après ouverture du bocal j’ai pour déguster les cerises ?
        Merci de votre retour
        Martine

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        • Picture of toquetoqueSylvain

          August 21, 2025

          Ah oui j’avais oublié pardon ! Les tomates se conservent quelques jours au frais après ouverture, ça dépend surtout si vous continuez à les couvrir d’huile après avoir commencé à les consommer. Si une partie se retrouve à l’air, alors elle va vite se couvrir de petits points blancs. Je vous conseille donc d’ajouter de l’huile si vous gardez un pot ouvert et que vous avez commencé à prélever des tomates (et de l’huile initiale qui est très bonne !).

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Nutritional Information

For 100g:

  • Calories : 38.0 kcal
  • Proteins : 1.8 g
  • Lipids : 83.9 g
  • Saturated : 11.9 g
  • Carb : 8.1 g
  • Sugar : 4.4 g
  • Salt : 0.0 g

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