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Fire-Roasted Tomatoes

Could canned, diced fire-roasted tomatoes deliver the smoky complexity of fresh? We gathered three nationally available diced fire-roasted tomato products to find out.

Published Sept. 1, 2014

What You Need To Know

Fresh tomatoes charred over an open fire possess a sweet, smoky depth that plain tomatoes can’t match. We wondered if canned versions could meet that ideal, so we gathered three nationally available diced fire-roasted tomato products to find out. They certainly all looked the part, with char-flecked tomatoes in every can. But flavor told another story in the case of one product whic...