Sauteed Cucumber With Herbs |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Who's have thought about sauteed Cucumber? Try this for something different, elegant and tasty. Borrowed and adapted from a book called Salads and Summer Dishes . Note: Now that I have been making this a while I thought I'd pass some tips. using dried rosemary results in less flavour, fresh gives more, but it's a bit of a tough herb, so I put it in with the onion and slow and *gently* saute them both. when adding the sour cream, be careful because if the mix is too hot it will split a little and presentation will be less, but even if it splits, don't worry the favour of the infused rosmary in the sour cream is wonderful. I even used my fingers to get the last of it onto the cucumber. And the cuccumber itself? Wow I am very pleasently surprised, I hope that you try this and share a whole new delicious way of eating cuccumber. Ingredients:
1 cucumber (washed, but not peeled) |
salt |
50 g butter (2 oz) or 50 g margarine (2 oz) |
2 shallots or 1 small onion, finely chopped |
fresh rosemary or 1/2 tablespoon dried rosemary |
1/2 teaspoon sugar |
fresh ground pepper |
60 ml sour cream (4 tablespoons) |
fresh rosemary sprig (to garnish) |
Directions:
1. Using a sharp fork, score the cucumber by running the tines down the length of the cucumber (makes it pretty). 2. Cut the cucumber into 5 cm lengths (2 inch) and then each piece length-ways into quarters, removing the seeds. 3. Melt butter in frypan, add shallots/onion and saute until golden brown (about 5 minutes). 4. Add cucumber pieces, together with rosemary, sugar, salt and pepper, cook for 5 minutes only, stir frequently. 5. Remove pan from the heat and stir in sour cream, garnish with rosemary sprigs and serve immediately. |
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