Slow-roasted Balsamic Tomatoes With Leeks And Basil

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 roma tomatoes
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely sliced
• 12 fresh basil leaves, torn up
• 12 fresh bay leaves
• 3 leeks, trimmed and sliced thinly
• 1 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
• 3 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 200 ml balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 170 degrees c/ 325 degrees f.
• 2 cut an'x' into the top of each tomato.
• 3 sprinkle the garlic and basil over the bottom of a baking dish that the tomatoes will fit neatly into.
• 4 stand the tomatoes next to each other in the dish, on top of the garlic and basil.
• 5 push the bay leaves into the top of the tomatoes and season with the salt and pepper.
• 6 sprinkle the leeks in and around the tomatoes.
• 7 pour over the balsamic vinegar.
• 8 drizzle over the olive oil.
• 9 bake in preheated oven for an hour.
• 10 remove the bay leaves.
• 11 serve.