sun dried tomatoes

Meaning

Tomatoes that have been dried in the sun or through a dehydration process to remove most of their water content. This concentrates their sweet, tangy flavor, making them a popular ingredient in pastas, salads, and Mediterranean dishes.

Examples

• I love adding sun dried tomatoes to my pasta for an extra burst of flavor.

  I love adding sun dried tomatoes to my pasta for an extra burst of flavor.

• This creamy chicken recipe calls for spinach and chopped sun dried tomatoes.

  This creamy chicken recipe calls for spinach and chopped sun dried tomatoes.

• She bought a jar of sun dried tomatoes packed in olive oil and herbs.

  She bought a jar of sun dried tomatoes packed in olive oil and herbs.

• The bakery makes an amazing sourdough bread stuffed with sun dried tomatoes and feta.

  The bakery makes an amazing sourdough bread stuffed with sun dried tomatoes and feta.

• You can blend sun dried tomatoes with garlic and olive oil to make a delicious pesto.

  You can blend sun dried tomatoes with garlic and olive oil to make a delicious pesto.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ The recipe requires some sun dry tomatoes.

  ✓ The recipe requires some sun dried tomatoes.

  Use the past participle 'dried' to indicate that the tomatoes have undergone the drying process.

• ✗ I bought sunny dried tomatoes from the Italian market.

  ✓ I bought sun dried tomatoes from the Italian market.

  'Sun' acts as a noun adjunct in this compound adjective; 'sunny' is grammatically incorrect here.

Related Expressions

Practice

• This Mediterranean salad is topped with olives, feta cheese, and ___.

  💡 Shriveled, intensely flavored red fruits often packed in oil.

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  sun dried tomatoes

• For a quick appetizer, you can slice some baguette and top it with goat cheese and chopped ___.

  💡 Dehydrated tomatoes popular in Italian cuisine.

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  sun dried tomatoes