Garlic Tomatoes - for the Tapas Bar

Garlic Tomatoes - for the Tapas Bar

Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients

• 8 plum tomatoes, ripe cut in 1/2
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 16 garlic cloves, in skin
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper

Directions

• 1 preheat oven to 425.
• 2 Place tomatoes cut side up on a large pan in a single layer.
• 3 Place sprigs of thyme and the cloves of garlic in between the tomatoes.
• 4 Pour oil over the tomatoes.
• 5 Bake for 45 minutes. Tomatoes will char slightly.
• 6 discard thyme.
• 7 Season with salt and pepper.
• 8 Squeeze meat from cloves over tomatoes before eating them warm.
• 9 Garnish with fresh thyme.