Snow Peas'n Cream Cheese

Ingredients

• 24 snow peas, trimmed
• 1 1/4 tablespoons horseradish
• 3 drops Tabasco sauce
• 6 ounces low-fat cream cheese, room temp
• 3/4 cup sliced radish
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Blanch the snow peas in boiling water for 1 minute.

2. 2

   Immediately dash them into cold water (use a few Ice cubes in the water).

3. 3

   Slit open the inside if each pea (I call the"inside" the slightly concave side).

4. 4

   Set aside.

5. 5

   Puree the remaining ingredients in a food processor until very smooth.

6. 6

   Spoon the radish cream into each of the snow peas (if you have an icing tube or pastry tube they will work well and give an even finish).

7. 7

   Arrange the filled peas on a platter already covered in red lettuce or radicchio leaves.

8. 8

   Arrange them in a pattern (Fan, Spray, side by side or whatever).