Simple Piped Crudites
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- Yield Serves 12
Ingredients
- 1 bunch celery
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 2 dozen snow peas
- 3 medium radishes
- 1 seedless cucumber, peel on
- 3 heads endive
- 18 baby carrots, halved lengthwise
- 1 medium daikon, peeled and sliced crosswise, 1/4 inch thick
- 3 cups Flavored Cream Cheeses
- Chives, for garnish
- Mint leaves, for garnish
Directions
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Separate celery stalks, and wash thoroughly. Using a vegetable peeler, peel away any tough, stringy fibers from the outside of each stalk. Cut each stalk into 4-inch-long pieces; set aside.
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Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt. Snip the tips off each pea pod, and place in boiling water. Blanch for 15 seconds. Drain, and immediately rinse under cold water.
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Slice radishes into 1/8-inch-thick rounds; set aside. Working with a channel knife, cut about six parallel, evenly spaced grooves down the length of the cucumber. Slice cucumber crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rounds; set aside.
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Just before piping, separate endive, and trim ends.
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Arrange vegetables on large platters. Spoon the cream cheese into a pastry bag fitted with a pastry tip or a freezer bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe cream cheese onto each vegetable. Garnish with chives and mint leaves.
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