Title: Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed with Avocado Cream
Categories: Appetizer Fruit
Yield: 3 Dozen

1	md	Ripe avocado; peeled
2	ts	Lemon juice
1	sm	Clove garlic
1/4	ts	Leaf basil
1/2		8-oz pkg cream cheese; softened
1/4	ts	Salt
	ds	Liquid red pepper seasoning
1 1/2	pt	Cherry tomatoes
		Parsley sprigs

Combine avocado and lemon juice in blender; puree until smooth. Add garlic, basil, cream cheese, salt and red pepper seasoning; blend until smooth. Transfer to medium-size bowl. Refrigerate mixture until stiff enough to pipe into tomatoes. While avocado cream is chilling, cut very thin slice of tops of tomatoes; scoop out. Drain upside-down on paper toweling. Fit pastry bag with rosette tip; fill with avocado mixture; pipe into tomatoes. (Or fill tomatoes with small spoon.) Garnish tops with small sprig of parsley.

from Avocado Recipes, Etc. by Teri Gordon "Appetizers"

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