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Ingredients
for
4
Basil Cream Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
25 min.
Time:
426
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
97 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 12 large Cherry tomatoes
- 2 Tbsps Pine nuts
- 2 handfuls Basil
- 1 fresh garlic clove
- 4 Tbsps olive oil
- 12 ozs low fat cream cheese
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Sea salt
- freshly ground peppers
Preparation
1.
Rinse the tomatoes, cut a lid off each and scoop out the tomatoes.
2.
Toast the pine nuts in a hot pan until scented. Let cool down. Rinse the basil, shake dry and pluck off the leaves. Peel garlic and finely crush with the pine nuts and basil in a mortar. Incorporate 2 tablespoons oil. Stir in the cream cheese and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper. Pour the cream cheese mixture into a piping bag with a serrated nozzle and pipe into the tomatoes. Put the lids on the tomatoes and drizzle with the remaining oil. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.
Nutritional values
1 each contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 426 cal. | (20 %) | ||
| Protein | 12 g | (12 %) | ||
| Fat | 40 g | (34 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 4 g | (3 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 1.3 g | (4 %) |