Do you like peppers? I like the milder ones, and the banana peppers are coming in strong at my house, so I decided to simply use a couple of the peppers in this week's tea sandwich recipe. And after last week's play-with-your-food fun with the Tomato Roses, this week I decided to make Banana Pepper Teapots!
I actually had the idea a while back: Why not see if my good old Linzer cookie cutters with the teapot insert could chop a tiny chunk of raw vegetable? After slitting and flattening one of the peppers, I simply used the cookie cutter insert on a cutting board to press out a teapot-shaped piece. Easy! When I looked online, I noticed that the pairing of banana peppers, cream cheese and bacon seemed to get a lot of good reviews, so here's how I made my spread.
Banana Pepper & Bacon Spread1 (3-ounce) block cream cheese
2 banana peppers, seeded and chopped coarsely
1 tablespoon prepared bacon bits
Salt and pepper to taste
Combine first three ingredients in food processor just until blended. You still want to see some chunks of the peppers. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Angela!!!!!!! So yummy and those little teapots...omg! Ok, you need to move to Minnesota so we can open our own TEA ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks delicious! I'll have to give it a try one of these days.
ReplyDeleteThis looks very pretty and I am sure is delicious. This would be a nice addition to afternoon tea!
ReplyDeleteToo cute!!!
ReplyDeleteVery Creative, Love the linzer cookie cutter
ReplyDeleteYour banana pepper garnish is very original ! Clever !
ReplyDeleteLove that bright color of the banana pepper teapot!
ReplyDeleteOh My How adorable is the tiny TEA cutter....
ReplyDeleteWhere do you find these?
SOOO cute and perfect for your sandwich...
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