Tuna Tartare in Cucumber Cups
 

Tuna Tartare in Cucumber Cups
There's no cooking required to make these glistening cucumber cups topped with tuna tartare. Just slice, dice, and garnish with caviar and chives.

Ingredients:
Makes about 40

  • 2 seedless cucumbers (European), cut crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick pieces
  • 1 pound sushi-quality tuna , diced
  • 2 teaspoons chopped green onion
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  • 2 ounces caviar , for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh chives , for garnish
To make cucumber cups, scoop out center of each cucumber piece with a melon baller, making sure not to pierce bottom of cups.

Combine tuna, green onion, shallot, oil, soy sauce, and pepper sauce in a large bowl.

Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon tuna tartare into each cucumber cup; garnish with caviar and chives.