roasting tomatoes

[4windsrider 78]

I just tried Chef Richard's Roasted Tomatoes recipe….just got a mess of sort of "stewed" tomatoes…can't call them roasted…any ideas on what I may have done wrong ??

[SugarcubeOD 4122]

Can't say for sure, but my first question would be did you crowd the pan? When you're roasting vegetables (especially quite wet ones) they need space around them... otherwise they start to condensate and then they steam themselves. Same goes for sauteeing things, especially mushrooms. If you crowd the pan, they get soggy and sad... if you give them enough room, they brown up nicely...

[4windsrider 78]

Thanks SugarcubeOD.

They didn't look crowded but they were extremely juicy to start with…probably needed "drier" type tomatoes !  (-;