Mini Caviar Parfaits

Prep: 10 min. To pull this sophisticated dish together fast, purchase peeled, boiled eggs in the deli or dairy section of your grocery store. Use leftover caviar and purchased boiled eggs to make extra-special deviled eggs.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  sour cream
• 1  medium avocado, diced
• 2  tablespoons  minced red onion
• 2 1/2  teaspoons  lemon juice
• 3/4  teaspoon  chopped fresh dill
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1  small plum tomato, seeded and finely chopped
• 1  large hard-cooked egg, peeled and finely chopped
• 1  (2-oz.) jar black caviar, chilled and drained
• Thin breadsticks, assorted crackers

Preparation

1. Spoon sour cream into a 1-qt. zip-top plastic bag. Snip 1 corner of bag to make a small hole; pipe sour cream into 6 (2-oz.) shot glasses.

2. Combine avocado and next 3 ingredients in a bowl. Mash with a fork, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

3. Spoon avocado mixture over sour cream in shot glasses. Top each with tomato, egg, and 1/2 to 1 tsp. caviar. Reserve remaining caviar for another use. Serve parfaits with breadsticks and assorted crackers.

Party Tip: We used less expensive, shelf-stable lumpfish caviar found near the canned tuna. It costs around $5 for a small jar. Another affordable choice is salmon caviar. Its bright orange color would look stunning atop each parfait. Try fresh caviar if your seafood department stocks it. It may cost a tad more, but you only need a few teaspoons.