Stuffed cucumbers
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Prepare the filling for cucumbers using minced meat, egg, onion, rice, herbs, and spices. Take firm cucumbers, cut them in half lengthwise, and remove the seeds. Then stuff the cucumbers and bake them in the oven with sauce. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
Take 4 medium fresh cucumbers and cut them in half lengthwise.
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Step 2
Next, prepare the stuffing: mix ground meat or minced meat (another option is to replace the meat with any mushrooms) with chopped onion, previously boiled rice or softened white bread, add raw eggs (or hard-boiled and chopped eggs), parsley and dill, salt, and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.
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Step 3
And, removing the core from each cucumber half, we fill them with the stuffing.
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Step 4
Well-filled cucumber halves are covered with empty ones and tied with a string (I overdid it a bit here; you can tie them very lightly so that there are no problems removing the strings later).
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Step 5
Place in a greased heatproof dish. Mix a few tablespoons of sour cream or kefir with tomato paste (you can add a little flour to the sauce if desired). Pour the resulting sauce over the prepared cucumbers, sprinkle with lemon juice, and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
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Step 6
Place the finished cucumbers on a serving dish, carefully remove the strings, sprinkle with dill and parsley, and serve with white bread.