Glut of Cucumbers!

wattapain

Hi , thought I'd post this as I currently have a bit of a glut of cucumbers and it goes really well with all kinds of fish.
The actual recipe is From Delia online as part of the salmon fishcakes & cucmber and dill sauce.
Hope ou like it,
Terri ;

1 lb (450 g) cucumber
1 level tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
1 oz (25 g) butter
2½ fl oz (65 ml) crème fraîche
1 dessertspoon lemon juice
salt and freshly milled black pepper
To make the sauce: first pare off the peel of the cucumber with a potato peeler, as thinly as possible as the green bit just beneath the surface of the peel is important for the colour of the sauce. Then cut the cucumber in half lengthways and remove the seeds, using a teaspoon to scoop them out. Now cut the cucumber into ¼ inch (5 mm) dice.
Next, heat the butter in a smallish pan over a very low heat, add the diced cucumber and some salt and toss it around in the butter. Then put a lid on and, keeping the heat as low as possible, let the cucumber sweat gently for about 10 minutes, shaking the pan from time to time to make sure none of it catches on the base. As soon as the pieces of cucumber are just tender (but still retaining some bite), stir in the crème fraîche, dill and a little lemon juice. Season with more salt if it needs it and some freshly milled black pepper, then warm through gently.
Now tip half the sauce into a food processor/liquidiser, whizz till smooth, then mix with the rest of the sauce.
Keep until needed.
easy and absolutely scrumptious!!

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yesiamtom

not strictly a recipe but similar to the cucumber on the eyes. I have ache which is slowly fading but i find that when its bad if i rub about an inch of finely sliced cucumber into it they will stop stinging and makes the skin feel much much better. I think cucumber is an astrigent.

rainbowsprite

I absolutely detest wasting food. I have a whole cucumber in the fridge which is past its best. It is at the rubbery stage and I am hoping to rescue it before it turns to mush:eek:

I was thinking of making a cucumber soup and was wondering if anyone had a recipe for a hot soup rather than a chilled one?

Or any other suggestions which will save the cucumber from the bin!

thriftlady_2

Could you not make chilled cucumber soup but serve it before it is chilled?

rainbowsprite

Having never had cucumber soup before I wasn't sure if the chilled one would taste nice hot?

Pink.

Hi rainbowsprite,

I found a couple of hot cucumber soup recipes on google for you:

Recipe for Hot Cucumber Soup

Recipe for Cream of Cucumber soup

There are more ideas for using cucumbers on this earlier thread:

Glut of Cucumbers!

I'll add this thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

rainbowsprite

Thats birlliant thank you :j

twentypenceoff

other idea woud be to shred it rather than cut it, and store it in vingar which keeps it a few days later then add it to a salad, which gives it a nice flavour.

Farway

I have found if you trim a small bit of the stalk of, then place whole cucumber in bowl of cold water it soon regains it's firmness as the water is taken up, hence the need to trim a bit of withered / dried up stem off

I do this with the "reduced" wilty ones from Lidl

Wrap in cling film and return to fridge