Finger food is good on a picnic so here are some tiny roll-ups with a great minty taste. Here I have used two things that are bountiful in our early summer garden – mint and fresh peas!
To make the cucumber roll-ups you need 1-2 pieces of thinly peeled cucumber per person. To cut the cucumber really thin use a sharp veggie peeler and run it along the full length of the cucumber until you have good 1 to 1 ½ inch slices – put these aside.
The Pea/Mint Stuffing
makes 2 cups
Put the following in your food processor and process until chunky:
- the cucumber end and pieces that are too small (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup pecans (that have been soaked for 1/2 hour then drained)
- 5-10 large mint leaves (more if you love mint)
- 1/4 cup of each chopped: celery & onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Put this into a bowl then fold in ¼ cup fresh peas or corn cut off the cob
Lay out the cucumber slices and cut into 3-5 inch lengths
Put a spoonful of stuffing on each piece and roll up tightly – then put them in a container and add more stuffing until they look like the picture.
Keep cool until ready to serve – they keep well overnight.
