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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tomato Bites


I wanted to make these little munchies while we watched the JETS game but Chris doesn't care for olives to make these tasty apps more home team I substituted grape tomatoes for the olives.

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/3 cup grated Cheddar
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
  • 20 grape tomatoes
Directions
  1. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and butter until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Mix in the Cheddar and Parmesan and knead lightly to combine. Form the mixture into a disk. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Unwrap the dough, take a small piece and cover a tomato, making sure the pastry surrounds the olive and there are no gaps. Flour your hands and roll the tomato-encased pastry into a ball; put it on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat the process with the remaining pastry and olives. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. (Can be made a day ahead and held in the refrigerator.)
  3. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Put the baking sheets on the middle shelf of the oven and bake until the pastries are light golden, about 10 minutes. Remove the bites from the oven and arrange on a serving platter.






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