Snacks from fresh cucumber. Snack of cucumbers for the winter: recipes

You know what, no one can do without festive table? Of course no snacks. And what snacks should be on the summer, festive table? Of course, from fresh vegetables, recently plucked from the garden. Therefore, today on the agenda: an appetizer from fresh cucumbers.

I hope you know that every week I do live broadcasts in the Food and Figure community on and in. So, in one of these live broadcasts, I cooked zucchini pate with cashew nuts.

After this broadcast, one of my friends said that this recipe is no good, because pates are eaten only spread on bread. He doesn't eat bread.

As a matter of fact, in response to a friend's claim, this recipe appeared. Appetizer of fresh cucumbers.

I decided to use the same ingredients to make 3 serving options: cucumber cups, cucumber canapes and cucumber rolls. And all of them will be with zucchini pate.

Ingredients:

Cashew nuts - 50 g.
Zucchini - 300 g.
Garlic - 1 clove.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Fresh cucumbers - 6 pcs (648 g).
Radish - 4 pcs.
Red, bell pepper- 1 PC
Dill - 2-3 sprigs.

KBJU per 100 g: 42.38 / 1.52 / 1.88 / 4.90 /

How to prepare an appetizer of fresh cucumbers.

Zucchini pate.

First you need to prepare the filling. Soak the cashew nuts for 5 hours, cut the zucchini into circles, add garlic, salt and pepper and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. When the zucchini has cooled, combine them with nuts and blend with a blender until smooth.

Cucumber cups.

Wash the cucumbers, cut off their bottoms. If the skin of cucumbers is tough, then it is better to cut it with a vegetable peeler.

Now cut the cucumbers into “barrels” 2.5-3 cm high. Gently, with a teaspoon, in a circular motion, remove the pulp with seeds from the cucumbers. So that they make glasses.

Now cut the red bell pepper into strips 0.4-0.5 mm wide. Carefully, sharp knife cut off the skin. Cut the pepper pulp into small cubes.

Fill cucumber cups with pâté, top with diced bell peppers and a sprig of dill.

The first appetizer of fresh cucumbers is ready.

Cucumber canape.

Cut the cucumbers into circles 6-7 mm thick. Then, use a flower-shaped cookie cutter to shape them. In principle, you can skip this point and leave the cucumbers round.

Cut the radishes into circles and place one circle in the center, on top of each cucumber flower.

Place some pâté on top of the radishes and garnish with a small sprig of dill.

The second appetizer of fresh cucumbers is ready.

Cucumber rolls.

Cut off the buttocks from the cucumbers. Using a paring knife, cut the cucumbers into long strips.

Cut the bell pepper into small cubes as in the first option. And also cut a couple of radishes into cubes of the same size.

Place one strip on cutting board and then another strip of ode, so that in the end you get one long cucumber path.

Brush the cucumber with pâté, sprinkle with diced peppers and radishes and roll up.

Cucumber recipes are not limited to vegetable salads. Cucumber is a versatile vegetable. Cucumber recipes with photos confirm this. For salads, soups and main dishes - cucumber is simply irreplaceable. If there is a hunt, then even a dessert can be prepared from cucumbers.

Appetizer of cucumbers with garlic

Ingredients:

cucumbers - 2kg
sugar - 100g
vinegar - 100g
vegetable oil - 100g
salt - 50g
dill (large) - 1 bunch
garlic - 1 head.

Cooking method:

To prepare the Appetizer of cucumbers with garlic, you need ...
Cucumbers cut into cubes, as in the photo, add salt, sugar, finely chopped dill. Grate the garlic on a fine grater or pass through the garlic.
Mix everything, add vinegar and let it brew for 10 minutes, so that the cucumbers release juice and dissolve salt and sugar.
Add oil, mix, refrigerate for 2 hours.

Cold appetizer of cucumbers with chicken

Ingredients:

cucumber - 200 g
chicken (fillet) - 60 g
green onion - 10 g
salt - 4 g
mustard powder - 5 g
vegetable oil - 2 g
pepper (red) - 1 g
sesame (roasted) - 2 g
garlic - 3 g
soy sauce - 5 g
table vinegar - 10 g
egg - 1 pc.
granulated sugar - 5 g

Cooking method:

To prepare Korean-style Cucumber Chicken Appetizer you need…
Prepare mustard from mustard powder.
Boil the egg and chop finely.
Boil chicken meat, cut into thin strips.
Wash fresh cucumbers, cut lengthwise into two halves, then into pieces 2-3 mm thick. Finely chop the white part of the onion stem along with the garlic, chop the green part of the onion.
Mix cucumbers, boiled chicken meat, onions with garlic, vinegar, mustard, sugar. Season everything with a mixture of vegetable oil with soy sauce, salt and sesame seeds.
Mix everything thoroughly, put in the refrigerator and let the mixture cool. Put a cold vegetable appetizer on a plate, sprinkle with thinly chopped pepper and egg.

Cucumber Appetizer

Ingredients:

cucumber - 500 g
green onion - 1 bunch
salt, red pepper - to taste
mustard - 15 g
vegetable oil - 3 tsp
chicken (breast) - 3 pcs.
garlic - 1 clove
soy sauce - 15 g
vinegar - 30 g
egg - 1-2 pcs.
sugar - to taste.

Cooking method:

To prepare a Cucumber Appetizer, you need ...
Boil chicken meat, cool and cut into thin slices. Wash fresh cucumbers, cut in half lengthwise.
Cut each half diagonally into thin elongated slices. Boil the egg and chop finely. Finely chop the green onion and garlic.
Prepare mustard from mustard powder.
Combine cucumbers, chicken meat, onions, garlic, add vinegar, mustard, vegetable oil, soy sauce, salt, sugar, sesame seeds. Mix everything well and refrigerate.
Sprinkle the chilled appetizer with thinly sliced pepper and egg.

Cucumber and cheese appetizer

Ingredients:

fresh cucumber 1 pc.
parmesan cheese 100 g
olive oil 3 tbsp
sesame 1 tsp
paprika 1 pinch(s)
assorted greens 1 bunch(s)

Cooking method:

Cut the cucumber and cheese into thin slices, connect in pairs and roll up.
Prepare dressing from oil, sesame seeds and paprika.
Put the mix of greens on a plate. Topped with cucumber and cheese rolls. Fill with dressing.

Appetizer of cucumbers in sour cream

Ingredients:

500 g fat sour cream
4 medium cucumbers
1 small bunch of cilantro
1 bunch green onions
4 tbsp. l. unrefined olive or sunflower oil
sea salt, freshly ground black pepper

Cooking method:

Finely chop the onion and cilantro stems, place in a mortar and sprinkle with 1 tsp. salt. Let stand 5 minutes, then mash the herbs into a paste.
Mix green paste with sour cream, season with pepper. Tear the cilantro into individual leaves.
If necessary, peel the cucumbers, cut the flesh into medium pieces. Mix cucumbers with green sour cream, sprinkle with cilantro, drizzle with oil and serve with fish, meat or poultry.

Chinese cucumber appetizer

Ingredients:

Fresh cucumbers (ideally - one long) - 2-3 pcs;
Salt - 0.5 tsp;
Sugar - 1 tsp;
Garlic - 1-2 teeth;
Vinegar 9% (ideally - rice vinegar - 2 tablespoons) - 1.5 tablespoons;
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp;
Vegetable oil (ideally - sesame) - 1 tsp;
Chili pepper (or ground red pepper - 1/3 tsp) - 0.5 pcs;
Dried ginger (or fresh) - 0.5 tsp;
Water (warm) - 100 ml;

Cooking method:

So, in China, one long cucumber is used for this snack. I took 3 medium because we are not Chinese, we still need to think about how to eat this cucumber later.
Take 2 Chinese sticks (preferably of the same thickness), place a cucumber between them in length. With a very sharp knife, cut the cucumber (at a 90-degree angle) into thin slices. Due to the planted sticks, the cucumber is not cut to the end.
Turn the cucumber 180 degrees, straight up with the uncut side. Cut also into slices, only at an oblique angle.
Now gently stretch the cucumber. It turns out such a spiral (of course, I don’t have an ideal cut - I’m just learning). Cut all cucumbers in this way.
Place the cucumbers in a deep bowl and cover with all the salt, trying to get into the cucumber spirals. Leave to soak for 30 minutes.
Prepare marinade. Grind garlic, add ginger, add sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, oil and chopped chili pepper.
Pour warm (preferably even hot) water, stir.
Pour cucumbers with this marinade. Leave at room temperature for 2-3 hours and can be served (it's not scary that the cucumbers are not completely covered with marinade, because of this cutting method, the cucumber will completely absorb the marinade).
You can make this snack ahead of time and put it in the fridge. Very tasty snack- sweet and sour, spicy, spicy.

Chinese cucumber snack

Ingredients:

fresh cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
garlic - 2-3 cloves;
sesame - 1-2 tbsp. l.;
salt - to taste;
sugar - 1 tsp;
red ground pepper - to taste;
soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l.;
vinegar 9% - 1 tsp;
refined vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

Cut cucumbers into long slices. Salt and leave for 30 minutes. After that, the released liquid is drained.
Add to cucumbers cut into thin half rings onion.Pour in soy sauce and vinegar. Sprinkle the salad with red ground pepper and add sugar. Mix. Peel and chop the garlic.
Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat well. Pour sesame seeds into the oil and, stirring constantly, fry it until light brown (it darkens very quickly, it will take about 2 minutes - do not overcook).
Add the toasted sesame along with the oil to the Chinese cucumber salad. Also add chopped garlic. Season to taste (if needed). Mix well.
Place the delicious Chinese cucumber salad in the refrigerator, covered with cling film, for at least 1 hour. After that, put in a salad bowl and serve.

Korean spicy cucumber appetizer

Many people like to buy various Korean-style vegetable salads in the markets. One of the most common and favorite such purchases are Korean cucumbers. I prefer to make such snacks at home and I offer you one of the options cucumber in Korean. Such cucumbers are perfectly stored in the refrigerator for one week, and every day they become tastier. They can serve as a wonderful appetizer on the holiday table.

Ingredients:

fresh cucumbers - 1 kg;
onion - 1 pc. (not necessary!);
garlic - 3 cloves;
salt - 1 tsp;
soy sauce - 2 tbsp. l.;
vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.;
dried hot red pepper - 0.5 tsp. (or to taste);
sesame oil - 5 tbsp. l.;
sugar - optional and to taste (optional!);
sesame seed - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

Cucumbers first cut lengthwise into quarters.
You can also cut the cucumbers lengthwise, then across, about 3 cm long, put the chopped cucumbers in a bowl, add salt, stir and leave for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, drain the resulting liquid, add the onion, cut into thin slices (if you are doing it with onions).
Now add soy sauce, vinegar and sugar if you choose to do with sugar (I do without sugar).
Separately, mix the crushed garlic and hot red pepper.
Add the resulting mixture to the cucumbers.
Heat the sesame oil in a small skillet and pour the hot oil over the hot pepper and garlic mixture. Stir.
Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
In order for sesame to give off its flavor better, you need to quickly fry it in a dry frying pan, literally 5 seconds (it quickly darkens and can burn) and Korean-style cucumbers are ready.

Appetizer of cucumbers with tuna

Ingredients:

cucumber
canned tuna in own juice
olives
processed cheese
green onion
Dill
mix of 5 peppers
olive oil

Cooking method:

We divide the cucumber in half. Once again, divide the two parts in half lengthwise. We clean the core with a spoon to make “boats”.
Drain excess liquid from canned tuna. Put the fish in a bowl. Chop some black and green olives.
Add a tablespoon of creamy soft cheese. Cut the green onions into feathers.
Add the onion, dill, salt and pepper to the bowl. We mix. We spread the filling in cucumbers.
Garnish with green onions, olives, peppers and olive oil.

Cucumber rolls

Ingredients:

Cucumbers - 3 pcs.
Soft cheese (or cottage cheese) - 150 g
Capers - 50 g
Olives - 50 g
Fresh dill - 4-5 sprigs
Green onion - 2 stalks
Sour cream (or mayonnaise) - 30 ml
Salt - 2 pinches

Cooking method:

Prepare the necessary ingredients for cucumber rolls. Rinse cucumbers, green onion stalks, dill sprigs in water. How to cook cucumber rolls with soft cheese:
Cut off the tails of the cucumbers and cut the cucumbers into slices with a vegetable peeler. You can use both a long salad cucumber and small cucumbers.
Grind soft cheese (feta, mozzarella, suluguni, ricotta) or cottage cheese in a small container. This can be done with a fork (for crumbly cheeses) or grated soft cheese on a coarse grater. Chop green onion and dill, add to cheese.
Finely chop the capers and olives, lightly squeezed from the marinade. Add to the filling along with sour cream and salt, mix. (You can use mayonnaise instead of sour cream.)
If you have long ribbons of cucumbers, then just lay them out on the board; if short - then a few pieces overlap.
Shape the filling into small balls with your hands and place them on the cucumber strips.
Twist the stuffed cucumber ribbons into rolls and secure with toothpicks. Put on a dish and serve. If desired, cucumber rolls can be cooled for about 20-30 minutes.

Cucumber rolls

Ingredients:

Fresh cucumber (long) - 1 pc.
Feta cheese - 100 g
Pickled green olives - 7-8 pcs.
Dried tomatoes - 2-3 pcs.
Bulgarian pepper - 0.5 pcs.
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Cherry tomatoes - 5-7 pcs.

Cooking method:

Let's get everything ready necessary products for cucumber rolls. Wash fresh cucumber, bell pepper, cherry tomatoes and dry with napkins.
Cut the olives into pieces. Dried tomatoes and bell pepper cut into small cubes.
Stew chopped vegetables in a frying pan for 4-5 minutes, without oil. Sun-dried tomatoes are usually sold in oil, which will be enough for frying vegetables. At the very end, add lemon juice.
We shift the fried vegetables into a bowl and add the crumbled feta cheese. Mix the filling ingredients well - vegetables with cheese. Cut the cucumber into long strips using a vegetable peeler.
We put a teaspoon of the prepared filling on one edge of the cucumber strip and twist the cucumber into a roll.
If your cherry tomatoes are large, cut them in half. Small tomatoes can be used whole.
We fasten the edges of the rolls with a skewer, first prick a half of a tomato on it, and then a cucumber roll with cheese and vegetables.
Cucumber rolls stuffed with cheese, sweet peppers, olives and sun-dried tomatoes are ready. Fast, tasty, festive.

Recipe for an original appetizer of fresh cucumbers

Ingredients:

fresh cucumbers - by the number of persons;
50 g of hard cheese;
1-2 eggs;
1-2 cloves of garlic;
dill greens;
sour cream or mayonnaise.

Cooking method:

You can just chop all the ingredients or rub it, it will be delicious, but we will also make it unusual.
After washing large cucumbers, we cut them across into halves, carefully take out the middle and cut off the lower part to make stable “barrels”.
We cut cheese, hard-boiled eggs and cucumber centers into cubes, salt, mix.
Prepare the dressing by mixing chopped dill and garlic with sour cream.
We fill the salad and fill it with cucumber "barrels". Decorate with parsley leaves.
To be honest, the barrels using this technology turned out to be too thick.
Therefore, you can try to do it differently: cut the cucumbers into thin slices along the entire length, and roll barrels from these slices. If you try it, send a photo in the comments!

Boats of cucumbers

Ingredients:

Fresh cucumber - 2 Pieces
Crab sticks - 2 pieces
Egg - 1 Piece
Canned corn - 2 tbsp. spoons
Salt, black pepper - to taste
Mayonnaise - 1 Art. a spoon.

Cooking method:

Prepare the food: wash the cucumbers, unfold the crab sticks, boil the egg and peel it from the shell.
Cut cucumbers into halves lengthwise. Remove with a coffee spoon inner part to get deep boats.
Finely chop the crab sticks, cucumber pulp, egg. Combine all ingredients in a salad bowl.
Add a pinch of salt and pepper, mayonnaise. Stir the salad.
Fill the cucumber boats with the resulting salad. Garnish with herbs and serve.

Cucumbers in Korean

Ingredients:

8 medium cucumbers;
0.5 tbsp 9% vinegar;
1 tbsp any soy sauce;
1.5 tbsp sesame seeds;
2 sprigs of basil;
2 garlic cloves;
20-30 ml. vegetable oil;
salt, red and black. hammer. pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

Cucumbers cut into 8 parts - two times perpendicularly cut along and once across. Grind the basil and garlic and mix with vinegar, sesame seeds, salt, pepper and soy sauce.
Season the cucumbers with the resulting marinade and leave for 15-20 minutes. Add vegetable oil to cucumbers and serve food to the table.

Cucumber and shrimp appetizer

Ingredients:

fresh cucumbers,
cottage cheese,
sour cream,
frozen shrimp,
water,
Bay leaf,
black peppercorns,
dill fresh,
lemon and salt.

Cooking method:

First of all, let's prepare the curd cream for this wonderful snack. To do this, combine cottage cheese, sour cream, a couple of chopped sprigs of fresh dill and salt. We pierce everything with a blender, chop in a food processor or, at worst, just mix until smooth with a fork. Read more:
You should get such a smooth, thick mass with green patches of dill.
Now let's put the shrimp to boil, or rather, just quickly defrost them - after all, they are already boiled frozen.
To do this, put lavrushka, pepper, a bunch of dill in boiling water and salt everything well. Then we lay the shrimp and cook them for just a couple of minutes, then put them on a sieve and let them cool.
While the shrimp are cooling, wash and dry the cucumbers. We cut them with washers across, about 7 mm high.
Now we plant curd cream on cucumber rounds. If you don't have a piping bag, just carefully scoop out the cream with a spoon.
We clean the shrimps and put 2 pieces per serving. It remains to quickly decorate our cucumber and shrimp appetizer with a slice of lemon and a sprig of fresh dill. Simple, tasty, fresh and at the same time not beaten.

The question "What to do with overgrown cucumbers?" rises sooner or later in front of almost every summer resident. We have collected such recipes in one place!

In all these recipes, you can use both regular and large cucumbers.

Spicy cucumber salad

My cucumber salad recipe for those who love spicy.

3 kg cucumber cubes,
3 pieces of medium carrots in strips or sticks,
0.5 cup garlic, grated
0.5 cup sugar
1.5 tablespoons of salt,
0.5 cup vegetable oil
1 glass of cold boiled water,
1 st. l. vinegar essence,
1 package Korean carrot seasoning 15 g.

Mix everything, leave for a day, arrange in jars, sterilize for 3 minutes. from boiling (no more). Output 3.5 liters.

Salad "Cucumbers in cucumbers"

Overripe cucumbers are rubbed on a grater, salt is added at the rate of 1 tablespoon of salt with a slide per 1 liter of grated mass. If the cucumbers for pickling are small, then 1 liter is enough to fill three liter jar.
Leaves of blackcurrant, horseradish, dill, bay leaf, a few cloves of garlic and a piece of hot pepper are placed at the bottom of the jar (you can add peas of allspice, cloves and cinnamon), a layer of prepared cucumbers is laid, poured with cucumber mass, again a layer of cucumbers and again a layer of mass - thus fill the jar completely. Leaves of currant, cherry, horseradish are placed on top, the cucumber mass is added to the neck of the jar and closed with a plastic lid. Store in a cold place.

Salted cucumbers

For this recipe, you can and even need to take large cucumbers.
We take:

currant leaves,
cherries,
fuck,
also horseradish root,
hot pepper,
garlic,
dill umbrella.

Then pour 3 tablespoons of salt into the jar, pour cold water from the tap, take plastic lids, boil them so that they become soft, close the jars and go to the cellar. Over time, the banks become cloudy, this is fermentation. And after a while they will become like a tear.

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Pickled cucumbers

In winter, we very often cook hodgepodge, and this preparation is simply necessary. We need cucumbers from the garden, salt and vinegar.
The recipe is simple - we twist the cucumbers, add salt, boil for 30 minutes. Before turning off the stove, add vinegar. And rolled into calcined jars.

Pickle for the winter

4 kg cucumbers,
2 tbsp. pearl barley,
0.5 kg carrots,
0.5 kg of onion,
0.5 kg tomato. pasta,
salt 4 tbsp. l.,
vinegar 70% 1 tbsp. l.,
oil rast. 0.5 st.

My cucumbers, three on a coarse grater, let the cucumbers stand for 2 hours. At this time, chop the onion, three carrots on a grater.
Fry onions + carrots in rast. oil, now we combine cucumbers, onions, carrots, cereals and tomatoes. pasta in one pan + salt, cook for 30-40 minutes (until the cereal is ready).
At the end of cooking, add vinegar, cook for 5 minutes. and roll into sterilized jars.
In winter, they cooked meat broth, added potatoes with a jar of pickle, here's your soup; and you can eat it.

Fried cucumbers in Korean

Overgrown cucumber appetizer recipe (which is a pity to throw away).
Cucumbers cut into circles or strips, sprinkle with salt, leave for an hour. Fry the onion head, add cucumbers there, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of soy sauce (if salty, if not, then to taste), 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar, red hot pepper to taste, 2-3 cloves of garlic. Put it all out under the lid. You can add zucchini.
Men like this snack very much.

Cucumbers in their own juice

For 1 kg of grated cucumbers is 2 tbsp. l. salt. At the bottom of a 3-liter jar, put a dill umbrella and a handful of grated cucumbers, a layer of cucumbers, a layer of grated cucumbers, chopped garlic, a layer of cucumbers. We finish - with grated cucumbers, salt, the rest of the juice of grated cucumbers and a large sheet of horseradish (so that the cucumbers do not mold).

And you can immediately put chopped garlic, finely chopped dill, salt into the grated cucumbers, stir everything and fill the jars. We close with a dense capron lid.

If there is no sheet of horseradish, then you can smear the nylon cover from the inside with ready-made mustard, it will not mold either.

Wash the jar from drips and put it in the cellar. Such cucumbers are stored for 1.5-2 years. They are saturated with garlic - they smell and crunch just super!

You can use grated cucumbers in winter for pickle. We use overgrowths for grated cucumbers.

Links to other recipes with large cucumbers

In addition, the article describes a method for freezing grated cucumbers.

Every day, getting closer and closer, the most fun holiday New Year 2017. And all the hostesses think about what to cook for the festive table, what dishes to diversify the New Year's menu, how to treat their guests. It is impossible to imagine a New Year's table without salads, hot dishes, meat delicacies, snacks. One of the last I want to offer. Look at the photo, what wonderful holiday rolls from fresh cucumber can be cooked. The recipe, by the way, is very simple and allows you to fantasize about the filling.
Therefore, be sure to diversify the New Year's table using fresh vegetables. In winter, it is not a problem to buy the same cucumbers, or other vegetables. In my New Year's menu there will definitely be this festive cucumber appetizer in the form of rolls.

Required Ingredients:

- fresh cucumber 100 g
- chicken egg 1 pc.
- sour cream 30 g
- red caviar 20 g
- dill 2 sprigs
- salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste

How to cook with a photo step by step

Let's start with the preparation of the egg filling, although you can use the cheese one. We need a boiled chicken egg, which we will do. Immerse the washed in cold water a raw egg. Lightly salt the water, and send it to the fire. To get the egg of the desired consistency, boil it for 10 minutes after boiling. After, dip in cold water and cool for 10-15 minutes. Remove the shell and grind with a blender or grate on a fine grater.

Rinse a couple of dill sprigs. Tear off the soft leaves, remove the stems. Cut finely. Add chopped dill, sour cream to the grated egg. Stir. Season to taste with salt and ground black pepper.

Take cucumber for rolls with dense pulp. It should be even and not small. Rinse and pat dry with a tissue or towel. Trim the tails on both sides. Cut into thin strips along the entire length of the cucumber. For this purpose, it is convenient to use a vegetable peeler. It is more difficult to cut with a knife so that the strips are thin and easily rolled into a roll.

Prepare your skewers right away. Take a cucumber strip. Spread the egg filling in a thin layer. Wrap with a roll, not tightly. And immediately fix in the middle with a skewer.

It is most convenient to lay the rolls in a vertical position on a flat dish. Add some red caviar to the center of each roll. Such an appetizer should be prepared immediately before serving. Festive cucumber appetizer is ready. Surprise your loved ones with beautiful and delicious food. Happy New Year to you!
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If you are still thinking what to cook for the New Year's table, then this simple and delicious recipe surely you will like it. Prepare a bright herringbone cucumber appetizer that will delight all guests with its fresh aroma, light taste and beautiful view. The cooking technology is very simple and does not require much time and expensive products.

Appetizer of fresh cucumbers on the festive table

Ingredients:

Cucumber 1 pc.

Onion 1 pc.

Carrot 1 pc.

Mayonnaise 1-1.5 tbsp. l.

Garlic 1-2 cloves

processed cheese 100 g

Salt 1-2 pinches

Ground black pepper 1 pinch

Pomegranate seeds 1 tbsp. l.

Greens for decoration

Vegetable oil 1 tbsp. l.

Appetizer of cucumbers on the festive table, recipe with photo:

Peel and wash a small onion and small carrots. Dry the vegetables with paper towels excess moisture. Cut the onion into small cubes, and grate the carrots on a medium grater. Put the frying pan on the stove to heat, pour oil into it. Fry the vegetables over medium heat for 5-8 minutes, until golden brown. Pour the fried onions and carrots into a separate bowl and cool to room temperature.

Refrigerate melted cream cheese freezer 5-7 minutes, then grate on a fine grater into a container with fried vegetables.

Peel and rinse medium garlic cloves. Dip off excess moisture. Cut into small pieces and pass through a press. Add the garlic paste to the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. Adjust the amount of garlic to your liking.

Now, it's time to season the filling with spices. Add mayonnaise sauce, salt and black pepper to the plate. You can add a pinch of spicy dried herbs. Mix thoroughly until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. If desired, the filling can be ground with an immersion blender to a homogeneous smooth mass.

The cucumber will need a long one. Rinse it and cut off the tails. With a vegetable peeler, cut thin slices along the entire length of the cucumber.

Take a cucumber slice and make shallow cuts on one side. Do this for all stripes.

Put the prepared cheese and vegetable filling on one edge of the cucumber.

Roll up the cucumber, secure with a skewer and place on a flat dish, cut side up.

From cucumbers with pomegranate seeds and serve immediately on the table. Bon appetit and delicious holiday.