Radishes with chive butter

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ Stick unsalted butter; softened (6
; tablespoons)
2 tablespoons Cream cheese; softened
1 tablespoon Minced fresh chives
¼ teaspoon Freshly grated lemon zest
Tabasco to taste
18 Radishes; (about 2 bunches),
; the leaves trimmed,
; leaving 1 inch of
; the stem, and the
; radishes halved
; lengthwise
36 Fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves for
; garnish

Directions

In a small bowl with a fork combine well the butter, the cream cheese, the chives, the zest, the Tabasco, and salt to taste and transfer the mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a medium-sized open-star tip. Arrange the radishes, cut sides up, on a platter, put a parsley leaf on each radish half, and pipe the chive butter onto it.

Makes 36 hors d'oeuvres.

Gourmet December 1993

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