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Cucumber Filled With Avocado Pesto

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This Italian sauce features Cucumber;preferably hothouse, Garlic cloves;chopped, Pine nuts, Basil leaves;minced, Salt. It delivers aromatic, well-seasoned taste, a pleasant kick of heat. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 1
Calories: 243.9
Dietary: Gluten-free
Description
This Italian sauce features Cucumber;preferably hothouse, Garlic cloves;chopped, Pine nuts, Basil leaves;minced, Salt. It delivers aromatic, well-seasoned taste, a pleasant kick of heat. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 1 lg Cucumber;preferably hothouse
  • 3 lg Garlic cloves;chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Pine nuts
  • 15 lg Basil leaves;minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Ripe Avocado;pitted & peeled
  • 1 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
Directions
  1. 1
    Sliced black olives Pimento strips for
  2. 2
    garnish If you have a hot-house cucumber, simply
  3. 3
    wash & dry it.
  4. 4
    If you don't, remove strips of peel, lengthwise, leaving thin strips of peel in place.
  5. 5
    The cucumber will look white with thin green stripes.
  6. 6
    Cut the cucumber in half, lengthwise.
  7. 7
    With an apple corer or teaspoon,
  8. 8
    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.
  9. 9
    Discard seeds.
  10. 10
    Crush the garlic.
  11. 11
    Pulverize the pine nuts in a blender, mini-food processor, or motar and pestle.
  12. 12
    In a small bowl, mix the garlic, pine nuts, basil leaves, and salt.
  13. 13
    Mash the avocado with a fork and pass through a sieve to pur e.
  14. 14
    Add the lemon juice and garlic-pine nut paste and mix well.
  15. 15
    Fill the channels evenly with the pesto.
  16. 16
    Garnish with olive slices and a single line of pimentos running down the center of each channel.
  17. 17
    Chill, cut into 1/3-inch pieces, and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 243.9kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 6.4g10%
Saturated Fat 1.0g5%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 1248.8mg53%
Total Carbohydrate 38.6g13%
Dietary Fiber 9.5g38%
Sugars 2.9g
Protein 17.5g35%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: avocado, avocadopitted, basil, blending, cloveschopped, cucumber, cucumberpreferably, filled, fresh, garlic, hothouse, italian, juice, leavesminced, lemon, nuts, peeled, pesto, pine, salt
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