5 Unexpected Cucumber Recipes

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

5 ingenious ways to cook cucumbers that you hardly knew about

If the shelves in the cellar are full of pickles, and there are still plenty of ripening cucumbers in the garden, try to cook some unusual dishes from them. It won't take long, and the result will certainly surprise others.

Make cold soup

The first dish, reminiscent of a Bulgarian tarator, is pleasant to prepare on a summer day from fresh cucumbers from the garden. Wash small fruits and cut into slices or cubes. It is better to crush the garlic with a press, finely chop the onion.

The mixture is placed in an enamel container. It must be salted and mixed. Vegetables will juice quickly.

Now you need to add a dressing to them. To do this, mix kefir, olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice in a saucepan. Mix the liquid and send it to the vegetables. When serving, put a piece of ice on each plate. Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 4 pcs;
• kefir - 1 glass;
• lemon - 1 pc;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• olive oil - 1 spoon;
• green onions - 20 g;
• ice - a few cubes;
• salt to taste.

Cold cucumber soup perfectly refreshes in the heat, in this way it looks like okroshka. Be sure to try to cook this wonderful dish for the first.

Cook jam

Cucumber jam is not difficult to prepare and an original dessert. It can be served with tea at any holiday, used for drinks, or simply mixed with cool water.

Then place in an enamel basin and cover with sugar. As soon as the cucumbers give juice, put on low heat and cook for ten minutes, stirring. During this time, the sand will disperse. Add lime juice and zest to the jam, which is convenient to cut off the fruit with a fine grater. You can also add a few sprigs of fresh or dry mint. Boil the mixture for another 10 minutes, then turn off the stove. The mass should cool completely, it will take several hours. Then heat it up again, cook for 10 minutes and refrigerate. Cook the jam for the third time, pour hot into the jars and roll them up. It is better to remove the mint from the syrup first. Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1 kg;
• sugar - 600 g;
• lime - 1 pc.;
• mint - a few fresh twigs.

Prepare rolls

Making miniature cucumber rolls is a snap. This appetizer is perfect for a party.

Then the filling is prepared. It will be based on soft curd cheese. Salt and pepper it, add finely chopped green onions and dill.

The mass is mixed and placed on one end of the cucumber wedge. Twist the snack with a roll, fix the end with a skewer.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
• dill - 1 bunch;
• onions - a few feathers;
• cheese - 50 g;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Rolls are served with soft drinks at a buffet table, you can use them as a dietary meal.

Make sauce

Peel the washed cucumbers, cut them lengthwise. If the seeds are small, they do not need to be removed. Rub the cucumber slices on a fine grater. Salt the mass and leave it for a while so that the juice stands out.

Pass the garlic through a press, finely chop the washed and dried bunch of dill. Pepper the mass and fill it with yogurt, add squeezed cucumbers, mix.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 3 pieces;
• yogurt - 1 glass;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• pepper to taste;
• salt - 1/2 tsp;
• dill - 1 bunch.

The sauce is served cold for the main course. If desired, you can add a spoonful of vegetable oil to it.

Korean style pickle

Wash cucumbers, dry them and cut off the tips. Then cut into strips about 5 centimeters long. Salt and leave for 15 minutes.

Drain the liquid from the cucumbers, add sesame seeds, pepper, garlic, soy sauce. Fill everything with hot vegetable oil.

Mix the cucumbers well, then add vinegar to them. We put the mass in jars and sterilize for 30 minutes, then roll it up.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1.5 kg;
• salt - 40 g;
• vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
• soy sauce - 50 g;
• hot pepper - 1 pod;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• sesame seeds - 40 g;
• vegetable oil - 6 tablespoons

Korean cucumbers are served as a snack. They go well with almost all second courses.