cherry tomatoes filled with goat cheese

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/4 pound goat cheese
• 1/4 cup minced fresh basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 24 cherry tomatoes

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 15 mins


• in a medium-sized bowl, combine the cheese, basil, salt and pepper. mix with a fork until well blended.
• cut the top off each cherry tomato. using a small spoon, carefully scoop out the pulp to make a hollow, yet sturdy, shell. drain off any juice that may be in the tomato shells.
• using a small spoon, scoop about 1 teaspoon of the cheese mixture and carefully stuff into a tomato shell. repeat until tomatoes or cheese mixture is used up. arrange the filled tomatoes on a platter to serve.