Tomato Bon Bons

Name: Tomato Bon Bons
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters shredded Asiago cheese; 28 grams Asiago cheese, cut into 24 small cubes; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters breadcrumbs; 1 Dash cayenne pepper; 1 seedless cucumber, minced; 1 teaspoon dry mustard; 3 eggs; 237 milliliters flour; 1 teaspoon granulated garlic; 24 grape tomatoes, cored; 454 grams ground sausage; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 237 milliliters ranch dressing; 237 milliliters fresh tomato salsa; 946 milliliters vegetable oil; 118 milliliters yellow cornmeal

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Tomato Bon Bons a try. One serving contains 214 calories, 7g of protein, and 16g of fat. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have flour, cucumber, kosher salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes.

Instructions

Watch how to make this recipe.

Stuff each of the tomatoes with a cube of Asiago cheese. Beat 1 egg in a medium bowl.

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Asiago Cheese

Tomato

Egg

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Bowl

Mix the sausage in until the egg is completely incorporated.

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Sausage

Egg

Lay a 12 by 12-inch piece of plastic wrap on your workspace. Break off about 3/4 of an ounce of the sausage mixture and make a small pancake in the palm of your hand.

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Sausage

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Put the stuffed tomato in the middle of the pancake and wrap the sausage around it, rolling it in your palms to create a meatball, making sure the entire tomato is covered with the sausage mixture. Set it on the plastic wrap and continue with the remaining tomatoes.

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Meatballs

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Sausage

Wrap

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Beat the 2 remaining eggs in a small bowl.

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Egg

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Bowl

Put the flour and Breading in separate small bowls. To set up your breading station, place the 3 bowls in this order: flour, egg, and breading mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Bowl

Lay another 12 by 12-inch piece of plastic wrap on your work space. With one hand (the wet hand), place a bon bon into the flour. With the other hand (the dry hand), roll it around gently until it is lightly coated. Pick it up and place it into the egg bowl. With your wet hand, roll it around gently until it is lightly coated with the egg.

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All Purpose Flour

Roll

Wrap

Egg

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Place it into the breading bowl. With your dry hand, sprinkle some Breading over the bon bon, and then begin to gently roll it around to coat it.

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Roll

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Bowl

Place it on the clean piece of plastic wrap. Continue until all of the bon bons have been breaded. If needed, you can roll the bon bons around gently in your clean dry hands to ensure that they're perfectly round.

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Candy

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Let sit while the oil is heating.

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Cooking Oil

Using a candy thermometer, heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a pan that is deep enough that the bon bons will be completely submerged. Fry the bon bons 6 at a time until they are completely golden, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Candy

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