Grape Tomato "Blossoms"Rita Maas
Cooks' note:
·Tomato blossoms can be made 4 hours ahead and chilled, loosely covered with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes before serving.
Recipe information
Total Time
45 minutes
Yield
Makes 18 hors d'oeuvres
Ingredients
1/3 cup peppered Boursin cheese (from a 5.2-oz package), softened
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil
18 very thin slices Genoa salami (3 1/2 inches in diameter; 1/4 lb)
18 grape tomatoes
18 long fresh chives
Preparation
Stir together cheese and basil until combined well. Put 1/2 teaspoon cheese in center of 1 salami round. Press 1 tomato, stemmed end down, into cheese (to stabilize it), then gather salami up around tomato. Turn wrapped tomato on its side and tie salami with a chive just below gathers (handle chive gently so it won't break), leaving top of tomato exposed. Make more "blossoms" in same manner, then trim chives.
