Tomato Bites with Cheese Knots

Ingredients

• 300 g tomatoes (5 tomatoes)
• a few stalks chives
• 5 g poppy seeds (1 tsp)
• 150 g low‑fat cream cheese (10% fat)
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the tomatoes, cut off the stem ends in a wedge shape, then slice the tomatoes horizontally in half and trim the round undersides straight.

2. 2.

   Rinse the chives and shake them dry. Cut two‑thirds of them into fine ribbons and mix with the poppy seeds on a plate.

3. 3.

   Whisk the cream cheese and a pinch of salt until smooth with a spoon. Use a teaspoon to form ten small knots from the mixture and roll them in the poppy seed mixture.

4. 4.

   Season the tomato halves with pepper, place one cheese knot on each half, secure with toothpicks, garnish with chive stems if desired, and serve.