Stuffed Pea Pods Recipes

Steps:

• Split each snow pea down one seam.
• Mix cream cheese, smoked salmon, garlic salt, and pepper in a bowl until smooth. Spoon salmon mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe mixture into the center of each snow pea pod, creating a scalloped edge. Sprinkle dill weed over cream cheese filling.

Steps:

• Place the pea pods and water in a microwave-safe bowl; cover and cook on high for 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook onion in 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat until crisp-tender., Drain peas; add to onion mixture. Add salt, pepper and remaining butter; toss to coat. Cook and stir until heated through.

Steps:

• Cut lengthwise slit in each pea pod.
• Fill with cream cheese spread.

Steps:

• In blender or food processor fitted with steel blades, place carp-roe caviar and cold water.
• Blend briefly.
• Add breadcrumbs and lemon juice and blend briefly again.
• Trickle in oil very slowly while blending.
• When mixture is thick and oil is used up, add onion, garlic and dill and blend until smooth.
• Adjust seasoning, seeing if it needs some salt and add pepper to taste.
• Set aside.
• Steam snow peas about 3 minutes, until they puff up and turn bright green.
• Drain and run under cold water.
• When cool enough to handle, trim off stem end and strings.
• This will open peas.
• Fill a pastry tube with the taramosalata (the carp-roe spread) and pipe in about ½ to 1 tablespoon of it into each pea pod.
• Chill 1 hour.
• Serve cold.

Steps:

• Rinse pea pods, then remove string at edge of each peapod to open, Remove peas from peapods and set aside in measureing cup.
• Wrap peapods in paper towels and refrigerate in plastic bag until ready to fill.
• Bring cream cheese to room temperature.
• If reserved peas do not measure 3/4 C, add frozen peas to make correct amount. Add peas to softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, Tabasco, garlic powder and salt and pepper. Mix well. Put a bit into a peapod, taste, and adjust seasonings to your liking.
• Chill filling until it appears easier to work with.
• Using a pastry tube or teaspoon, fill each peapod.
• Refrigerate to firm up filling, then serve on a pretty platter gaarnished with grape tomatoes, pineapple slices or whatever to "color it up".
• A very pretty and tasty finger food -- .