Peperoncini stuffed with smoked salmon and dill cream
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Peperoncini (pickled tuscan peppers, about two 9-ounce jars), drained | |
| 4 | ounces | Cream cheese, softened |
| 2 | tablespoons | Unsalted butter, softened |
| 2 | tablespoons | Minced fresh dill |
| 2 | tablespoons | Minced shallot |
| 2 | teaspoons | Fresh lemon juice |
| 3 | ounces | Thinly sliced smoked salmon, finely chopped |
Directions
Trim the stem ends of the peperoncini at an angle and, wearing rubber gloves, discard the seeds and ribs. Let the peperoncini drain on paper towels. In a bowl cream the cream cheese with the butter until the mixture is smooth, add the dill, the sallot, a nd the lemon juice, and combine the mixture well. Stir in the salmon and salt and pepper well. Transfer the mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a ½-inch decorative or plain tip, and pipe the smoked slamon and dill cream into the peperoncini. The pepero ncini may be prepared 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled.
Yield: 20 hors d'oeuvres
Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8896 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #640 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Jun 10, 1997