slow-roasted balsamic tomatoes with baby leeks and basil

servings
6

method

This is one of those recipes that, apart from being damn tasty, is kind of slapdash but so easy to make and consistently good. You can really get some mileage out of it. The key things are to get yourself some best-quality plum tomatoes and buy some cheap balsamic vinegar, as you’ll be using a lot of it.

Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/gas 3.

Score the tops of the tomatoes with a cross. Take an earthenware dish that the tomatoes will fit snugly into, and sprinkle the garlic and basil all over the bottom of it. Stand the tomatoes next to each other in the tray, on top of the garlic and basil, then push the bay leaves well into the scores in the tomatoes and season well. Lay the leeks on a board and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Using a rolling pin, press down on top of the leeks to really squeeze the seasoning into them. This will also loosen their texture. Weave the leeks in and around the tomatoes. Pour over the balsamic vinegar, drizzle over the olive oil, and bake in the preheated oven for an hour. Before serving, remove the bay leaves.

Try this: These tomatoes are great served as a vegetable dish, or as part of a warm salad. Also good as a base for soup, puréed to make a sauce or served over pasta.

• from Jamie's Kitchen

ingredients

• 12 plum tomatoes
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
• 1 handful of fresh basil, leaves picked and torn up
• 12 fresh bay leaves
• 12 baby leeks, trimmed and washed
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 200ml/7fl oz cheap balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons extra • virgin olive oil

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1. by chris on Thu 01 Sep 2011 @ 09:36

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2. by Tim on Thu 18 Sep 2008 @ 19:43

Does anyone have Jamie's recipe for beef carpaccio with roasted baby beets?

3. by leonie brown on Wed 02 Jul 2008 @ 07:26

Can you help with a recipe for roasted vegetables with balsamic vinegar
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4. by heinrich on Thu 12 Jun 2008 @ 10:56

HI GUYS!

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5. by benjamin on Fri 06 Jun 2008 @ 19:01

Im also looking for the balsamic roast potatoe recipe.

6. by lauren wykes on Thu 22 May 2008 @ 10:56

Hi Guys

7. by Rammy on Thu 22 May 2008 @ 10:56

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8. by maria on Thu 20 Mar 2008 @ 15:53

I'm also searching for Jamie's balsamic roast potatoe recipe...

9. by Rani on Mon 04 Feb 2008 @ 12:22

the tomatoes turned out amazing, although i dont think i added enough balsamic. the dish went down a treat!

10. by Bingbong on Thu 17 Jan 2008 @ 14:52

The receipe's print off fine...

11. by Douglas Andrus on Tue 15 Jan 2008 @ 15:58

I am unable to print off your recipes to a readable size even after increasing the printer settings to 125%, Also I want your roasted potatoes in balsamic vinagar recipe and oven roasted veg. Thank you Douglas.

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