Goat Cheese and Fig Cucumber Cups
 Gluten Free Recipe - Appetizer Recipe - Afternoon Tea Recipe

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These dainty peeled cucumber cups look wonderful, plus they are very-easy-make. The cucumber rounds provide the perfect base for all manner of tasty fillings to serve your guests as either an appetizer or for an afternoon tea party.

cucumber cups filled with goat cheese and fig


Goat Cheese and Fig Cucumber Cups - Gluten Free Recipe

Recipe Type: Cucumber, Figs, Goat Cheese, Afternoon Tea
Yields: 6 to 8 servings
Prep time: 20 min


Ingredients:

1 large cucumber or 2 Persian cucumbers
4 ounces soft goat cheese
2 ounce fig spread or fig preserves


Preparation:

cucumber cupsHow To Make Cucumber Cups:

Wash the cucumbers. With the tines of a fork, score the skin (from the top to bottom of the cucumber) of the cucumber. Cut off the ends and discard. Cut the remaining cucumber into 2-inch pieces. Using a melon ball scoop or a teaspoon, hallow out the inside of the cucumber 3/4 of the way down to create a well.

Fill each cucumber cup with some goat cheese and top with a dollop of fig spread or preserves.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.


 

  

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