Cucumber stuffed with goat cheese and herbs

Ingredients

  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts
  • 2 fresh goat cheeses such as Petit Billy
  • 3 tablespoons of liquid cream
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 peeled shallot
  • 2 sprigs flat parsley
  • 1 bunch of chives
  • 2 sprigs basil (or any other herb you have on hand)
  • 2 pinches of Espelette pepper

Preparation

  1. Toast the pine nuts in a small frying pan for 3 minutes over high heat. Set aside.

  2. Rinse the cucumber in clean water and dry it. Peel every other strip of skin. Cut it into pieces of about 3 cm, remove the seeds using an apple corer. Set aside.

  3. Mash the cheese with a fork in a small bowl and mix it with the liquid cream and olive oil. Finely chop the shallot and add it to this preparation.

  4. Chop all the herbs over the salad bowl, add the chilli, salt and pepper and mix well.

  5. Stuff the cucumber slices with this mixture, sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and refrigerate until ready to serve. You can add some edible flowers for decoration.

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