Recipe: Balsamic roasted tomatoes

This is a great simple and tasty dish.

Ingredients:

12 medium tomatoes, plum preferably

4 each: cloves garlic, basil leaves, thinly sliced,

few sprigs thyme

2 spring onions

1 red chilli

Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Method:

Set the oven to 170C.

Make a small cross in the top of each tomato. Place in a casserole so they fit snuggly. Sprinkle with garlic, basil and thyme.

Halve spring onions lengthwise and cut into 4cm long lengths.

Halve chilli lengthwise and seed. Weave spring onions and chilli between the tomatoes. Season well.

Combine vinegar and brown sugar. Pour over tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil.

Bake for about 45 minutes, until tomatoes are soft but still retain their shape.

Serve with crusty bread as a starter, on pasta or as an accompaniment.

Serves 4-8.