Everyone probably knows about the perfect combination of tomatoes, processed cheese and garlic. This classic trio is applied to most of the Italian cuisine, and in all sorts of variations, and this recipe is one of them.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Snacks are small portions of savory food. Usually, it is with them that meals begin, tk. their main purpose is to stimulate appetite. They are served in a beautiful design, so they additionally serve as a table decoration. The variety of snacks is so great that probably no culinary specialist can count their number. After all, there are an incredible variety of snacks from only tomatoes.
Today I suggest making an appetizer with cherry tomatoes, melted cheese, mayonnaise and garlic. This is the simplest instant dish, and every housewife almost always has the ingredients at hand. Such a snack can be served on a festive and daily table, and you can also take it with you on a picnic or on an outing. It goes well with meat and fish dishes, it is especially good for grilled kebabs and steaks.
Today I, the classic version of this recipe, supplemented with boiled eggs. They added tenderness and satiety to the appetizer. Also, if you wish, you can replace the processed cheese with a hard variety, then the appetizer will acquire a denser consistency. In addition, there is no need to stop at such a combination of products. Some housewives supplement the cheese mass with herbs, grated crab sticks, spices and other products. In general, preparing such an appetizer is absolutely not difficult, everyone can do it and it is almost impossible to spoil it. The main desire and good mood, since it is these feelings that can make the dish unsurpassed, tasty and beautiful.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 162 kcal.
- Servings - 15-20 pcs.
- Cooking time - 15 minutes, plus time for boiling eggs
Ingredients:
- Cherry tomatoes - 15-20 pcs.
- Processed cheese - 100 g
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Mayonnaise - 30 g
- Garlic - 1-2 cloves or to taste
Cooking cherry tomatoes with melted cheese
1. Boil eggs hard-boiled. To do this, put them in cold water, put them on the stove, boil them, reduce the temperature to a minimum and cook for 10 minutes. Then place them in ice cold water to cool. After, peel and rub finely.
2. Then grate the processed cheese on the same grater. To make it easier to rub, you can hold it in the freezer for 20 minutes beforehand.
3. Peel the garlic, rinse under running water, dry and pass through a press.
4. Pour mayonnaise over the food and stir. Do not overdo it with mayonnaise so that the mass does not come out too liquid, otherwise it will be impossible to wrap the tomato with it. Pour in a little mayonnaise at first, if not enough, then add. Taste the mass, add salt and squeezed garlic if necessary.
5. Wash the tomatoes under running water, dry well with a paper towel and cut the ponytails.
6. Now get down to shaping your snack. With a dessert spoon, take a portion of the cheese mass and shape it into a tortilla, in the middle of which put a tomato.
7. Lift the edges of the curd and roll into a small ball to keep the tomato inside.
8. Do the same for all foods and serve the dish. Garnish with herbs and serve. If you do not serve it immediately, then wrap it with cling film so that the cheese does not weather, and keep it in the refrigerator. And on request, additional cheese balls can be breaded in sesame seeds or finely chopped dill.
See also a video recipe on how to cook croutons with tomatoes and cheese.
