After realizing tonight that I didn’t have any real food at home Hannah pointed me to a recipe for Cucumber Noodles over at Epicurious.com.
I’ve never cooked cucumbers but I gave it a shot. And as it turns out it’s pretty decent.
For one portion I used:
– One cucumber
– One or two tbsp of unsalted butter
– Two tsp of freshly cut mint or mint sauce
– Two tsp of lemon zest
– One tbsp of lemon juice
– Salt and pepper
First thing you do is cut the cucumber with some sort of vegetable cutter until you have something like this.
Cook the cucumber for 1 minute in salted water. Take off the heat and drain in a colander. Put the colander with the cucumber in cold water to stop cooking.
On a medium heat melt the butter and add some salt.
When foam subsides add the cucumber with the lemon juice, lemon zest and mint. Toss to make sure it’s cooked evenly. Take off the heat after about 1 minute.
Cooking the cucumber first in water and then in the butter gives it a completely new texture that makes it a perfect substitute for regular noodles. The skin doesn’t change texture as much as the rest of the cucumber so if you want to make it even better, take off the skin before cutting it to noodle size.
You can use it as a substitute for normal noodles or as a side dish.
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