The cucumber boats are a delicious summer appetizer without cooking, a great idea for aperitif dinners – aperitivini and to amaze friends. Also perfect as a light main dish.
CUCUMBER SEASONALITY: from May to October.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Affordable
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Wellness
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Fall
- Energy 45.33 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 3.41 (g) of which sugars 1.57 (g)
- Proteins 4.48 (g)
- Fat 1.92 (g) of which saturated 0.31 (g)of which unsaturated 0.11 (g)
- Fibers 0.48 (g)
- Sodium 148.15 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 112 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Cucumber Boats
VEGAN alternatives: use vegan mayonnaise instead of fish.
VEGETARIAN alternatives: replace tuna with spreadable cheese (without animal rennet).
- 2 cucumbers (short type)
- 80 g natural tuna (or mackerel in oil)
- to taste white onion (or celery – about 10 grams)
- to taste fine salt
- to taste extra virgin olive oil (or seed oil)
Optionally, you can add capers and/or pitted olives
Cucumber Boats
Wash the cucumbers well externally, then using a knife first cut them in half lengthwise and then scoop them out, keeping the inner pulp.
Then on a cutting board, finely chop some onion and half of the inner pulp of the cucumbers (about half: 50 grams). The leftover can be added to the mixed salad.
In a bowl, place the drained and shredded tuna, the onion, and cucumber pulp. Salt and dress with a little oil. Mix and stuff the cucumbers with the filling.
Decorate with mint leaves (or dill, basil, chives, marjoram, oregano, parsley, thyme) and some edible flowers.
STORAGE
Store the cucumber boats in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
