4 recipes to cook your merchants' tomatoes

Almost all of us feel the need for comfort when the weather turns a little colder, which translates into the desire to spend hours at the stove making preserves! Harvest season is in full swing at Montreal's public markets, and the queen of the harvest is, and always will be, the tomato. Here are our favorite Quebec tomato recipes.

1. Tomato sauce with candied garlic
   
   Tomato canning is a not insignificant ritual in Quebec. With good reason, the steps must be followed to the letter for successful preservation. Follow this recipe and you'll have homemade tomato sauce for the winter months.
   
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2. Tuna, green olive and sun-dried tomato cake
   
   This cake promises to be the star addition to your Sunday brunch. It's also delicious served warm or cold.
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3. Elena's sundried tomato and roasted garlic pesto
   
   Little Italy's best-known chef shares one of her classics. A pesto that's as delicious eaten now as it is preserved in a jar. No matter how simple, a good pesto is a favorite in every household. Check out Elena Faita's pesto recipe!
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4. Pizza with arugula and prosciutto
   
   To put your pesto to good use, chef Antoine Morneau of Fugazzi restaurant suggests one of his signature pizzas. The chef shapes his pizza dough with his hands to preserve the air in it. Check out the pizza recipe!

    

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