haha, I am sure Don could come up with something alcoholic to go with the toms
Here's a couple of suggestions.
Baking tray, cut toms in half and fill baking tray. Sprinkle with some olive oil, salt and pepper and if you got any basil, then a few bits chopped up and thrown in. Bake in the oven until the skins start to caramelise and go dark. Then remove and whisk. At this point if you dont mind skins and pips then eat as is (just thow some pasta on and mix up). Or sieve out the pips and the skins that haven't whisked up. Or use the tomato sauce/paste to add to mince or anything. I freeze it as well and save for future. Add some cream to it and you have cream of tomato soup - with the dolces you almost don't need to add cream
Moroccan meatballs. Best to use lamb but you can use beef as well. Chop up an onion and flat leaf parsley. Salt and pepper and cayenne pepper (1tea spoon), 1/2 teaspoon of ginger, 1 teaspoon of paprika, 1 tsp cumin. Mix together and then make the meatballs (I tend to make them quite small). Fry the meatballs on a relatviely high heat until browned off, and then remove them from the pan and put aside.
For the sauce, chop another onion and fry off in oil until see through. Then add the following: 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 2 teaspoons of paprika, 1tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp of ginger. Fry these spices for about 20 seconds, then add up your previously made tomato sauce (see above
). After a few minutes of cooking (doesn't need that much if you use a sauce, if you use tinnned tomatoes a bit longer (i normally use 2 tins). Then add the meatballs back and cook for around 15 minutes. Then add 3 tables spoons of fresh chopped coriander (if using dry, use 1 teaspoon and add with other spices). Then crack an egg for each person on top of the sauce and meatballs and place in the oven (best to use an oven proof dish
). Or if you have a tagine then even better. Cook until eggs are ready (I normally cover the dish with foil so the eggs don't dry out in the oven.) Then crusty bread of flat bread and munch away.
End of season tomatoes. For the toms that don't quite make it to be red at the end of season. Take them down and store in a brown paper bag until they turn red. I then make tomato chutney with those. It's a kind of 3-2-1 recipe. I use the BBC one
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2949/homemade-tomato-chutney (you can tweak it as you want, add or take things away). I would highly recommend using cardomom seeds as they really add to the flavour of the chutney.
Happy harvesting and cooking.
EDIT: Oh, and if you can get "harrissa" (most supermarkets sell it) Add that to the sauce for the Moroccan meatballs as well, about 2 teaspoons