Cucumber Appetizer Cups
Filled with Crab




Cucumber appetizer cups filled with crab ... 
scoop out cucumber slices making cups then fill with crab, lime juice, celery and other ingredients

Cucumber Appetizer Cups Filled with Crab



 Cucumber Appetizer Cups
recipe and photograph by www.finedinings.com




makes approximately 10 cucumber cup appetizers

English cucumber, unpeeled
1/4 cup fresh crab
1 teaspoon fresh lime zest
1 teaspoon fresh lime Juice
1 tablespoon green onion, sliced fine
1/4 cup celery. diced fine
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt & Pepper, to taste
Fresh herbs for garnish

Cut cucumber crosswise into 1-1/2-inch slices, then cut these slices in two diagonally (see my photograph).  

Scoop out centers with a melon baller making cucumber cups leaving 1/4-inch walls.  Salt cups lightly. 

In a small bowl combine crab, lime zest, lime juice, onion, celery, oil, salt and pepper.  Fill the cucumber cups, garnish with fresh herbs and serve.

Wine recommendation: Chardonnay

 

 

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