METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF SUN-DRIED TOMATOES AND COMPOSITION OF SEASONINGS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC A23L3/40 A23L19/00 A23L27/00 A23L27/14 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry, in particular to a method of processing tomatoes. Method for preparation of sun-dried tomatoes involves washing tomatoes, removal of the stalk and corked part next to the stalk, before removing the skin, making a cross-shaped incision on the back side of the tomato stalk, blanching tomatoes for 15 s, peeling, cutting into 4 equal slices, removal of seeds, placing slices on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Further, a seasoning composition containing granulated garlic, fresh grated garlic, sugar, salt, dried Provence herbs, ground black pepper and khmeli-suneli is added, drying at temperature of 60–70 °C for 6–7 hours to obtain the finished product. Seasoning composition for preparation of sun-dried tomatoes includes granulated garlic, fresh grated garlic, sugar, salt, dried Provence herbs, ground black pepper and khmeli-suneli, at the following ratio per 1 kg of the ready product, kg: granulated garlic - 0.11, fresh grated garlic - 0.50, sugar - 0.04, salt - 0.08, dried Provence herbs - 0.001, ground black pepper - 0.005 and khmeli-suneli - 0.006.

EFFECT: invention allows producing sun-dried tomatoes with the possibility of preserving their useful properties and shelf life of 12 months without using preservatives.

2 cl, 4 tbl