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This recipe only requires 4 ingredients and is done in no time. Put it in your blender and you have a smooth spread. So are you ready to learn how to make sun-dried tomato spread? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make this tapenade recipe you only need a handful of ingredients. Put the following on your grocery shopping list when you want to make it:
- Olives – choose black olives
- Garlic – fresh garlic
- Tomatoes – the main ingredient for this spread is sun-dried tomatoes. You can make them or buy them in the store
- Cherry tomatoes – besides sun-dried tomatoes we also use cherry tomatoes
- Olive oil
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Sun Dried Tomato Spread
- To make this spread recipe you need a blender or food processor. Wash your tomatoes with water and cut them in half. You can use homemade sun-dried tomatoes or store-bought.
- If your tomatoes are covered in herb-flavored oil use some of it in this recipe.
- To make it easy add all of the ingredients to a food processor or a blender. Depending on how rustic you want your spread pulse the processor a couple of times.
- If you want a smooth spread, you only need to let your blender or food processor run a little while longer. Spoon the spread into a glass jar and it is ready to serve.
Tomato Spread Recipe
If you love sun-dried tomatoes this recipe is for you. It gives your spread a great bite especially if you have herb-flavored tomatoes.
It is really easy to make these tomatoes yourself from scratch in your oven. Once they are cooled you can store them in a jar with herbs and oil.
It is a perfect ingredient to add to a lunch wrap or a salad and make it taste even better As cherry tomatoes can hold a lot of liquid you might have to drain the spread once you take it out of the blender.
Just spoon the spread into a sieve and put it in a bowl so you can catch the water. Let the spread sit for at least half an hour.
All of the excess water will drain from the spread and you can put it in a bowl or container. If you follow a keto diet or have a low-carb lifestyle this recipe fits perfectly into these diets.
If you love this spread you should check out the green olive tapenade recipe.
More Recipe Options For Tomato Spread Tapenade
Take a look at some options that you can apply to your spread:
- Non-vegan – if you are nonvegan or do not have dairy intolerance you can add grated parmesan to the sun-dried tomato tapenade
- Vegetables – want more vegetables, add some red sweet bell pepper to the sun-dried tomato tapenade
How To Store Tomato Spread
This spread tastes best when made and chilled in the fridge for about an hour. If you store it put the spread in a glass jar with a lid.
- Fridge – you can also store it in an airtight container and put it in the refrigerator. It will keep fresh for up to 3 days.
- Freezer – store this tomato spread in the freezer in a freezer-friendly container for up to 2 months. Thaw and drain because this spread will hold some water after it is frozen.
What To Serve With Tomato Spread
This sun-dried tomato spread recipe goes with just about anything. As long as you can spread onto something, you are good to go.
You can put it on e.g.:
Use Your Homemade Spread
Besides putting this spread on bread or crostini, you can also incorporate it in many different recipes. You can use these recipes:
Have fun making this easy sun-dried tomato spread!
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Sun Dried Tomato Spread
Great spread to put on your bread, toast, or crackers, Try this super easy and tasty sun dried tomato spread. Done in no time with a blender.
Ingredients
- 10 black olives
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup half sun-dried tomatoes
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Put the ingredients in the blender or food processor
- Pulse a couple of times if you want a rustic spread
- Let the blender run if you want a smooth spread
- Ready to serve
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 50; Fat: 5g; Carbs: 3g; Protein: 0g;
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