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Braised cucumber vegetables

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 1 cucumber(s), peeled and pitted, in large pieces
  • 1 onion(s), diced
  • little oil
  • Salt
  • pepper
  • 1 tbsp mustard powder
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 tbsp dill, dried or fresh
  • 1 tbsp crème fraîche or legere
  • possibly cornstarch or locust bean gum, mixed with a little water

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Sauté the onion in oil until translucent, add the cucumber pieces, and simmer briefly. Season with salt and pepper, add the mustard powder, and pour in the vegetable stock. Simmer for about 20 minutes until translucent. Then stir in the crème fraîche and mix in the dill. If the vegetables seem too thin, thicken with the thickener and season again.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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