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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. a glass of white wine
  2. Must
  3. Cucumbers
  4. Butter
  5. Forcemeat
  6. Cut
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Cucumber Source of vitamin K · Source of protein

    Source of vitamin K · 16 µg per 100 g, 22% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin K contributes to normal blood clotting.
    • Vitamin K contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Vitamin K is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. It’s important for blood clotting and healthy bones and also has other functions in the body. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 0.7 g per 100 g, 17% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Cucumber, with peel, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. May likewise be stewed with forcemeat.
  2. Cut your cucumbers into two or three pieces, according to the size • take all the inside out with a cutter, put in your forcemeat, then put some butter into your stewpan along with the cucumbers : after they have stew'ed some time add some good gravy, a glass of white wine, and let them go on till tender;
  3. then strain off the the gravy, season and thicken it with cullis.
  4. Put it into the dish with the cucumbers ;
  5. the dish must be glazed.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve