cute cherry/crab appetizers

(1 rating)
Recipe by
ali Bresnahan
Kihei, HI

Cute cherry TOMATOES (not cherries) filled with crab. they're cut in half, stuffed, and put back together with a toothpick. Very cute indeed. (you can use white albacore tuna in place of the crab, if you like.) Really need a picture.

(1 rating)
yield serving(s)

Ingredients For cute cherry/crab appetizers

  • 30
    cherry tomatoes
  • FOR FILLING:
  • 1 pkg
    cream cheese, 3-oz, room temp
  • 2 Tbsp
    sour cream
  • 2 tsp
    dry sherry
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    capers
  • 1/2 tsp
    poppy seeds
  • 1 can
    crab meat (6-1/2 oz), drained and flaked, or fresh, if you can get it
  • 30 sprig
    parsley for garnish (tiny), one per tomato)
  • toothpicks!

How To Make cute cherry/crab appetizers

  • 1
    Remove stems from washed tomatoes; cut off tops to make small caps, set aside, and scoop pulp from bottoms.
  • 2
    In medium bowl, blend cream cheese, sour cream and sherry; stir in remaining filling ingredients.
  • 3
    Fill tomatoes with crab mixture. Stick toothpicks into centers of caps, and stick securely into filled tomatoes. Will hold several hours. *NOTE: if you'd like, when inserting toothpicks into tomatoes, add tiny sprig of parsley to tomato cap before toothpicking.
  • 4
    Refrigerate till serving time.

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