Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 15 Large Cherry Tomatoes
- 16 stalks of chives
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 cucumber
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- salt & pepper
Instruction
- With stem side down, cut a cross in the top of each cherry tomato (about ¾ down the tomato).
- Using a spoon (a grapefruit spoon works very well) to scrape out the tomato seeds gently.
- Take a grilling skewer or toothpick and make a hole where the stem currently is. You may need to twist the skewer in a circle a few times to make room for the chive to fit through.
- Finely chop or grate cucumber.
- Mix cream cheese, cucumber and basil in a bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture into each tomato tulip (adjust depending on the size of tomatoes).
- Insert a chive into the hole at the bottom of each tomato.
- Use a damp paper towel to clean any excess cream cheese filling from outside of tomatoes.
- Prepare the tulip bouquet on a large plate or platter. Use the extra chive stalk to wrap around the tulip stems to complete the bouquet.
