Cucumber appetizer finger food. How many times have unexpected guests arrived, and you don’t know what to serve with the aperitif?
Here is my solution, with a few things you keep in the fridge and pantry.
Accompanied by a good wine, you’ll make an amazing impression between one chat and another.
Fresh cucumbers are mostly made up of water (95%) and this characteristic, combined with a decent vitamin and mineral content, gives them refreshing, anti-gout, and purifying properties.
Their use in salads is recommended during the sweltering months of summer.
thought for you:
- Portions: 3
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 197.99 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 7.18 (g) of which sugars 3.83 (g)
- Proteins 11.66 (g)
- Fat 14.45 (g) of which saturated 3.51 (g)of which unsaturated 2.49 (g)
- Fibers 1.51 (g)
- Sodium 333.69 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 300 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
Ingredients
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- 1 cucumber
- 2 tomatoes (medium)
- 3 oz canned tuna in oil (drained weight)
- 0.7 oz Tropea red onion
- 1 oz provola cheese
- to taste basil
- to taste salt
- 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- to taste oregano
Cucumber appetizer finger food
Tools
Cucumber appetizer finger food
- Knife sharp
- 2 Plates
- Strainer
Preparation
Cucumber appetizer finger food
Wash all the vegetables, remove the ends from the cucumber, and with the help of a knife, cut it into 3 pieces.
Each piece should become a cup, so you need to gently hollow it out without piercing the bottom. Salt and set upside down.
Gather the pulp, cut it into cubes, and place it on a plate.
Cut the tomato in half and remove the seeds and inner part.
Then continue cutting it into thin wedges.
Set aside 3 wedges to decorate the cups, and chop the rest into cubes, adding them to the cucumber pulp.
Drain the excess oil from the tuna using a strainer and crumble it onto the plate.
Now you can season the vegetables and tuna on the plate with salt, olive oil, pepper, and oregano.
Fill the cucumber cups and decorate with thinly sliced onion and the 3 tomato wedges you set aside.
Place the cups on a plate and garnish with the remaining tomato and cucumber ends. Season everything with salt, olive oil, and oregano, and add a sprig of basil.
Cucumber appetizer finger food is ready
storage and tips
Cucumber appetizer finger food. The dish can be stored in the fridge for only 1 day.
To make it even richer, I recommend serving it with Egg and Light Mayonnaise Tulips,
