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Stuffed Tomato Recipe
Shrimp-Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
This stuffed tomato recipe has a shrimp-avocado-lemon-olive oil filling you're going to love. It's a wonderful cold appetizer recipe, perfect summer party food. Try the pesto version.
Shrimp-Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
48 cherry tomatoes
1/2 lb. small shrimp, shelled and deveined
3 tablespoons minced onion
3 tablespoons minced parsley
1 small avocado
2 tablespoons each of olive oil and lemon juice or
1/4 cup good Italian dressing
Salt and pepper to taste
Chop the shrimp and add the minced onion and parsley to it. (These can be prepared together in a food processor, if you like.)
Mince the avocado without mashing it.
Combine olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Add the chopped items and mix well. Set aside.
Slice about a third off the top of each tomato. Carefully scoop out the seeds and a little of the pulp with a very small spoon or melon scoop.
Stuff the tomatoes with the shrimp mixture, mounding slightly. Chill.
Makes 48 hors d'oeuvres.
Variation: Pesto Stuffed Tomatoes
- Add 2 tablespoons of finely chopped pine nuts to the lemon and olive oil version above for a pesto flavor.
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