Stuffed Cucumber Appetizers

[jkath]

Thought I'd share these cute cukes I made yesterday.
Nothing more than cutting cucumbers into think 2" pieces, hollowing out the top 2/3 of the seeded area with a small melon baller**, and then stuffing them with a mix of cream cheese, garlic & fresh basil leaves. The little red squares on top are cut from tomatoes.


(**those are the little balls around the edges. They were too cute not to use)

 

[love2"Q"]

that looks great ..

 

[lpb]

i love cucumbers...

this looks delicious...cucumbers are soo refreshing-would love to try this recipe! thanks for the post...

lpb

 

[kitchenelf]

These look great jkath. They got me thinking i.e., I make this pineapple cheeseball around the holidays. After it's initial use it might be good to use that as the "stuffing". Thanks for the inspiration!!

 

[Demon Chef]

these look brilliant i am gonna have to try some of these

 

[legend_018]

Do the bottoms of the cucumbers have a hole?

 

[tdejarnette]

I really like that idea. I'll have to remember it for next summer when we have too many cucumbers. Very pretty.

 

[lyndalou]

I love that idea. Do you drain them before stuffing them?

 

[miniman]

We have done something similiar - except we have chunks of cucumber halved longways. The stuffed with a minced lamb mix. I would also use a rice stuffing.