Hidden Valley Flying Tomato
Ready In: 30 mins
Serves: 5
Yields: 5 flying saucers
Ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup reduced-fat cream cheese (tub)
- 1⁄4 cup buttermilk ranch dressing
- 1⁄2 cup reduced-fat mozzarella cheese (shredded)
- 1⁄2 red bell pepper, finely diced
- 1⁄2 green bell pepper, finely diced
- 1⁄2 yellow bell pepper, finely diced
- 1⁄4 cup carrot (grated)
- 5 slices fresh tomatoes
- 1 (7 1/2ounce) package buttermilk biscuits (10 per tube)
- 1 egg yolk, beaten with 2 tablespoons water
- flour, for dusting surface and rolling pin
- grape tomatoes, sliced in half
- sliced black olives
- multi-color bell pepper (cut into shapes like stars, half moons, zig-zags)
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese, Hidden Valley Ranch Light Buttermilk Salad Dressing, mozzarella cheese, diced bell peppers, and carrots until well combined; set aside.
- Open the biscuits and seperate.
- Flour over a clean dry surface.
- Take a rolling pin, and roll each biscuit into a 4" circle.
- Using a pastry brush, brush some of the egg yolk mixture around the edge of each circle.
- Spread a heaping tablespoon of the cheesy-ranch mixture onto five biscuit circles, then put a tomato slice on top.
- Place one of the remaining biscuit circles on top of each filled circle.
- Stretch the top circle to completely cover the bottom circle; press around the edges with the tines of a fork to seal.
- Use a spatula to place each of the flying saucers onto a greased baking sheet.
- Decorate the tops of each flying saucer with sliced veggies--use your imagination to creat fun designs.
- Bake 10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
- Transfer the flying saucers to a wire rack and let stand about 5 minutes before serving.
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