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Recipe : ** Puréed cucumbers

Puréed cucumbers
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Course:
Condiment

Practical information

  • Prep time
    20 min
  • Cooking
    8 min
  • Ready in
    28 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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The original recipe was intended as a garnish for other dishes rather than as a stand-alone side dish.
 

Categories

Healthy recipe
Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Category:
Vegetable recipes
Tags:
side dish, tea

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 1½ tablespoons butter
  • 1 small slice boiled ham
  • fine salt and freshly ground white pepper
  • ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 500 g cucumbers, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, seeded, sliced crosswise into 1" chunks
  • 60 ml milk

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Prepare the sauce béchamel: melt a half tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook for a few minutes without allowing it to color. Whisk in the milk. Continue whisking until the sauce thickens. Set aside until needed.
  • 2
    Blanch the cucumber pieces in boiling, salted water for about 3 minutes. Drain well.
  • 3
    Place the cucumber pieces in a saucepan along with the remaining butter and ham. Season with salt and pepper. Cook over low heat to dry out any moisture. Add the sauce béchamel and stir to mix. Purée the mixture with a stick blender. Pass the mixture through a strainer.
  • 4
    Just before serving, reheat the purée over low heat.
  • Ready !