Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes

This is great as an appetizer for your next dinner party.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup cream cheese
• 1 tbsp basil chiffonade
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp freshly-ground black pepper
• ¼ cup ricotta cheese
• 30 cherry tomatoes, with the very top removed

Steps

1. Combine all ingredients except tomatoes to make the filling.
2. Place filling into a gallon-size zip-top bag with a small hole snipped in one of the bottom corners.
3. Fill tomatoes about ¾ full.
4. Serve chilled as an appetizer.

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Adapted from “Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.