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Cucumber Filled with Avocado Pesto
Makes 2 serving
Ingredients:
1 large cucumber
3 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon pine nuts
15 large basil leaves, minced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 ripe avocado, pitted and peeled
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 small can sliced black olives
pimento strips for garnish
Preparation:
To prepare the cucumber, remove strips of peel, lengthwise, leaving
thin strips of peel in place. The cucumber will look white with thin
green stripes.
Cut the cucumber in half, lengthwise. With an apple corer or teaspoon,
remove the seeds by cutting a channel in the cucumber lengthwise down
the center of both halves, three quarters of an inch wide and equally
deep. Discard seeds. Set aside.
Crush the garlic. Pulverize the pine nuts in a blender or mini-food
processor. In a small bowl, mix the garlic, pine nuts, basil leaves
and salt.
Mash the avocado with a fork and pass through a sieve to purée. Add
the lemon juice and garlic-pine nut paste and mix well.
Fill the channels evenly with the pesto. Garnish with olive slices and
a single line of pimentos running down the center of each channel.
Chill. Cut into 1/3-inch pieces and serve.
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