Cucumber rolls stuffed with feta

Recipes / Vegetarian

This stylish starter is dressed to impress.

Recipe «Cucumber rolls stuffed with feta» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 Lebanese cucumbers, 180g feta or Persian feta , strained, oil reserved, 1 1/2 tbsp toasted pine nuts, 6 pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped, 1 tbsp roughly chopped dill or mint , 1 1/2 tbsp Tamar Valley Greek Style Yoghurt, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 long red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped , Mixed salad leaves, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers 
  • 180g feta or Persian feta , strained, oil reserved 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp toasted pine nuts 
  • 6 pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped 
  • 1 tbsp roughly chopped dill or mint 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Tamar Valley Greek Style Yoghurt 
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice 
  • 1 long red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped 
  • Mixed salad leaves, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Using a vegetable peeler or mandoline, thinly slice the cucumbers lengthways into 2mm-thick slices. Place cucumber strips on a paper-towel-lined plate, then set aside while you prepare the filling.
  2. In a bowl, mash the feta using a fork. Add pine nuts, olives, dill, yoghurt and lemon juice. Mash with a fork to combine.
  3. Spoon 1-2 teaspoons of mixture at one end of each strip of cucumber and roll up.
  4. Divide cucumber rolls and mixed salad leaves among serving plates. Serve scattered with chopped chilli and drizzled with the reserved oil from the feta.