Ham Filled Cucumber Cups Recipes

Steps:

• Cut tapered ends from cucumbers. Peel lengthwise strips of peel every half inch with citrus stripper. Cut cucumbers into 5/8- to 3/4-inch slices. Make indentation in center of each slice, without going all the way through, by scooping with small melon ball cutter.
• Fill each indentation with about 1 teaspoon ham salad. Cut each lemon slice into 6 wedges. Top each appetizer with lemon wedge.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the onion, pepper, tomatoes, olives, oregano, feta, parsley, lemon juice and zest, and olive oil.
• Season with salt and pepper, and reserve.
• Peel the cucumbers partially, so it has 4 stripes of skin going down the entire length of the cucumber.
• Trim the ends of the cucumbers and cut each cucumber into slices 3/4 of an inch thick -- you should have about 20 pieces.
• Scoop out the center of each slice with a melon baler, leaving a shell of flesh.
• Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of the Mediterranean salad into the cucumber cups and enjoy your refreshing bite-size snack!

Steps:

• Using a zester, vegetable peeler or fork, score the length of each cucumber to create a striped effect.
• Remove the ends and cut each cucumber into 3/4 inch rounds.
• Using a melon baller, scoop out the seeds from the center of each round to form a cup.
• Reserve 1 tbsp of the walnuts as a garnish.
• Combine remaining ingredients and stir until well blended.
• Spoon the mixture into the cucumber cups, garnish with the remaining nuts and chill until serving time.

Steps:

• In food processor, finely mince ham and mayonnaise (or if by hand finely chop ham and mix in mayonnaise) Remove and stir in walnuts, mustard and curry powder.
• Score cucumber with tines of fork.
• Cut cucumber into 1/2-3/4 inch slices.
• Use melon baller, scoop out core of cucumber leaving bottom intact.
• Fill each cup with approx. 2 tsp. filling.
• Use yellow pepper strips as garnish on top of filling.