Bacon comes together with summer sweet cherry tomato for a scrumptious little appetizer you can enjoy as a snack or share with friends. It’s like eating a mini BLT without the bread!
Could any recipe go wrong with bacon as a main ingredient? I think not. Add some mini cherry tomatoes, a few chives and a wee bit of mayonnaise and you are in for a treat. These little BLT Cherry Tomato Bites pack a huge amount of flavor and are so addictive; you can’t stop at just one!
You say Tom-ay-to, I say Tom-ah-to…
This time of year, gardens are overflowing with beautiful ripe tomatoes; and if you grow cherry tomatoes, then you are probably finding you can’t pick them fast enough! What do you do with all of them? You can eat them right off the vine (one of my favorites!), throw them into a salad, make a fresh bruschetta pasta, or as in this case, scoop ’em out and make a delicious snack.
With a pastry bag – or sandwich bag with corner snipped- these BLT Bites are a snap to put together. The most time consuming part is scooping out the pulp. If serving as a fancy appetizer, use a tiny dollop of sour cream on a plate {affiliate link} to help these little treats stay upright, because all that yummy filling will make them top heavy and act like a Weeble.
BLT Cherry Tomato Bites
Easy BLT Cherry Tomato Bites Appetizer
Easy appetizer made with sweet summer cherry tomatoes and bacon. It's like eating your favorite sandwich but without the bread! So delicious, you can't stop at just one.
Ingredients
- 1-2 pints of cherry tomatoes
- ½ pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 Tbsp. grated Romano cheese
- 1 Tbsp. dried chopped chives
Instructions
- Cut a thin slice off top of each tomato and scoop out pulp.
- Place upside down on paper towel lined tray to dry.
- In bowl, combine all ingredients and stir well.
- Place into pastry bag (or sandwich bag with tip snipped) and pipe into tomato centers. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving for filling to set.
- Alternative serving suggestion:
- Place filling into decorative bowl on top of 1 large lettuce leaf. Surround bowl with multi colored loose tomatoes or place 1-2 on small bamboo skewer and fan around bowl.
- This also goes great with multi-grain crackers or small baguette slices.
- *recipe adapted from Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes cookbook, page 10.
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I am a huge fan of the BLT sandwich because it is so simple, yet so darn good. The combination of flavors works so well, that you enjoy every single bite. These little tomatoes are just like that, only without the toasted bread. If you don’t want to scoop and fill, this can easily turn into a fantastic dip! Just place a leaf or two of lettuce in a bowl and top with the filling mixture. Surround bowl with tomatoes, crackers or both!
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