Oven-Roasted Tomato Bruschetta

When fresh tomatoes are out of season, this should be your go-to bruschetta recipe. By gently oven-roasting canned tomatoes (which are packed when truly ripe), you end up with a deeply flavored, jammy, and delicious topping. You won't even miss the fresh tomatoes—guaranteed.

The Homemade Pantry's Roasted Tomatoes for the Freezer

Alana Chernila, author of The Homemade Pantry, has figured out a way to freeze summer tomatoes so that they retain their sweetness all year long. Her method involves snatching up pounds of gorgeous summer tomatoes and giving them a low and slow roast with garlic, herbs, and olive oil. This slow cooking method concentrates all of that great tomato flavor, making them perfect for freezing and breaking out during the cooler, tomato-less months for a bright taste of summer.

Tomato Raisins (Oven-Dried Whole Cherry Tomatoes)

This recipe for dehydrated cherry tomatoes yields jammy, plump, and concentrated tomatoes that are like sweet-savory tomato raisins.

Roasted-Tomato and Caper Spread

Sweet roasted tomatoes join forces with briny capers and spicy fresh olive oil in this flavorful spread.

Creamy Roasted Tomato Soup with Herbs - Striped Spatula

This Creamy Roasted Tomato Soup is a delicious way to use fresh summer tomatoes. Serve the soup hot or chilled, alone or alongside your favorite sandwich for a garden-to-table summer lunch.

Ultimate Roasted Tomato Meat Sauce

This roasted tomato meat sauce recipe is perfect for showing off sweet late summer tomatoes. Roasting them really takes their flavor to the next level!

Roasted-Tomato Salsa

Roasting a set of standard salsa ingredients first may add some time to an otherwise quick process, but it's all for good as the end result retains a freshness while gaining a tomato intensity, some sweetness, and a more mild heat the melds seamlessly throughout.

Raw Tomato Coulis

A quick and easy purée made from fresh raw tomatoes, which can then be tossed with pasta along with olive oil and basil, or spread on crusty bread and drizzled with olive oil, among other applications.

Fresh Summer Tomato Bruschetta

These classic Italian tomato-topped toasts should be made only when tomatoes are at the peak of their season; the rest of the year, it's better to try my awesome oven-roasted recipe using canned tomatoes. The secret to this version is to use a mix of ripe heirloom varieties, and rub the garlic on the toasts instead of folding it into the tomatoes for a more even and less harsh garlic flavor.

The Best Fresh Tomato Sauce

The best tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes is actually three different sauces in one, blended to make a perfect, harmonious whole.