Tomato nation...

That's about what it feels like in my house right now. I counted, and I currently have seven kinds of tomatoes in my kitchen. I can't really tell you the exact names of them, but there are regular cherry, orange cherry, a red heirloom, a yellow heirloom, a slicing, and then two kinds that are bigger than grape tomatoes but smaller than romas.

I just made a sweet tomato puree from a Claudia Roden cookbook, which I can't remember if I've blogged about this before. It ends up being kinda sweet but also just really different because of the cinnamon. Anyway, you boil a big pot of water & add 2 pounds of tomatoes that you've pieced the skin of; let them sit the water for a minute & then pull them out. The skins should come right off. Then chop them. Heat a decent sized pot over medium high heat, add 2 TBSP olive oil, the tomatoes, a TBSP of sugar, and some salt. Basically you let it simmer for 45 minutes until almost all the liquid has cooked off. When it's "jammy" (her words, not mine...but accurate, trust me), add 1 TBSP honey & 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Cook for a minute more & then it's done.

I plan to eat mine on bread that I get from the farmer's market tomorrow, but the creator also says you can serve it hot over chicken or meat.

Happy weekend!