Snow Peas'n Cream Cheese

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 24 snow peas, trimmed
• 1 1/4 tablespoons horseradish
• 3 drops tabasco sauce
• 6 ounces low-fat cream cheese, room temp
• 3/4 cup sliced radish
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 blanch the snow peas in boiling water for 1 minute.
• 2 immediately dash them into cold water (use a few ice cubes in the water).
• 3 slit open the inside if each pea (i call the"inside" the slightly concave side).
• 4 set aside.
• 5 puree the remaining ingredients in a food processor until very smooth.
• 6 spoon the radish cream into each of the snow peas (if you have an icing tube or pastry tube they will work well and give an even finish).
• 7 arrange the filled peas on a platter already covered in red lettuce or radicchio leaves.
• 8 arrange them in a pattern (fan, spray, side by side or whatever).