Tomatoes

Our garden begins to be colored with red spots. Tomatoes are ripening! Our hail net has done its homework and within a few weeks we should have … a few kilo! Tomato can be said to be a symbol of Mediterranean cuisine. There is on pizza, on pasta, on parmesan, on many second courses, on caprese, in practice … everywhere!
The properties
Tomatoes are made of 94% water, so you can eat them without gaining weight! They have antioxidant and vitaminizing properties as well as containing numerous minerals such as iron, zinc, selenium, calcium helping to fight free radicals. It is also a food that promotes digestion.
How we use it
Mainly we make our tomato sauce so that we can enjoy it even in the months to come. Our summer salads of tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots refresh in these days of heat.
Different qualities
There are really different types of tomatoes, We mainly have ox hearts, cherry tomatoes, black ones, Montecarlo.