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🍽️ Cream Cheese Worms on Tomato Bed
227 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- 1 bunch chives
- salt
- pepper
- 2 sheets white gelatin
- 200 g double cream cream cheese
- 70 g crème fraîche
- salt
- food coloring
Instructions
- 1. Wash the cherry tomatoes thoroughly.
- 2. Cut each tomato into four equal pieces.
- 3. Wash the chives.
- 4. Cut the chives into thin rings.
- 5. Arrange the tomato pieces on four separate plates.
- 6. Sprinkle the chive rings over the tomatoes.
- 7. Season the tomatoes with salt and pepper to taste.
- 8. Soak the gelatin in a large bowl with cold water.
- 9. Mix the cream cheese with the crème fraîche in a bowl.
- 10. Season the cheese mixture with salt.
- 11. Squeeze the soaked gelatin sheet firmly to remove the water.
- 12. Place the gelatin in a small saucepan.
- 13. Melt the gelatin over low heat.
- 14. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
- 15. Add a small spoonful of the cheese mixture to the warm gelatin.
- 16. Stir the gelatin-cheese mixture well until it is homogeneous.
- 17. Pour this mixture back into the remaining large cheese mixture.
- 18. Stir everything well until the mixture is smooth.
- 19. Fill the cream cheese mixture into a piping bag.
- 20. Attach a nozzle with a diameter of about 10 millimeters to the piping bag.
- 21. Place a sheet of cling film on a flat surface.
- 22. Pipe walnut-sized balls of the cream cheese mixture onto the film.
- 23. Place the cream cheese balls in the refrigerator to cool.
- 24. Gently reshape the cooled balls slightly with your hands.
- 25. Place the cream cheese balls in the refrigerator for at least two hours.
- 26. Take the balls out of the refrigerator shortly before serving.
- 27. Arrange the cream cheese balls in wavy rows (like caterpillars) on the prepared tomatoes.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 227
- Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 21 g · Carbs: 3 g