Cherry Tomato Bocaditos

Filed in archive Latin Food on April 19, 2007

Another easy and fun recipe for Cinco de Mayo. The filled cherry tomatoes look really cute, and they have a perfect bite-size. But if you think that scooping and filling cherry tomatoes is too much work, you can use bigger tomatoes for the recipe.

Cherry Tomato Bocaditos

Ingredients:

Tomatoes:
- 10 smaller sized tomatoes, halved and scooped (save the pulp for the guacamole)
- 1 package thin bread sticks

Guacamole:
- 2 ripe avocados, halved and peeled
- 1 cup tomato pulp (from above)
- ½ cup finely minced onion
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro

Directions:

1 - Cut tomatoes in half and scoop out pulp to form a tomato shell. Set the pulp aside in a small dish to use in the guacamole.

2 - Brush lime juice and olive oil inside the tomato shell, and allow to sit while preparing the guacamole.

3 - Peel avocados and mash them with a fork.

4 - Add remainder of ingredients and mix together.

5 - Scoop the guacamole into the tomato shells, and add a bread stick as a toothpick.

Recipe courtesy of Tanja Yokum and Katie Haines-Stiles, for Hass Avocados from Mexico.
Also check out the Crab and Avocado Margaritas recipe.
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