Cucumber and Meatball Tart

Overview

This dish has a refreshing taste, with a light cucumber aroma. Steaming the meatballs can maintain the original delicious taste of the meat, making it not greasy and very delicious. In terms of taste, cucumber meat is crisp and tender, juicy and sweet, aromatic and delicious; nutritionally, it contains rich ingredients such as protein, fat, sugar, multiple vitamins, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, and magnesium. In particular, the fine cellulose contained in cucumbers can reduce the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate waste excretion, and improve human metabolism. Cucumber also has beautifying effects. It can repair and whiten people’s skin!

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• old man
• summer recipes
• banquet dishes
• dinner
• chicken essence
• cornstarch
• cucumber
• egg
• onions
• skinless pork belly
• wolfberry
• carrot
• pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the ingredients, wash the cucumbers and green onions, chop the pork belly and carrots into puree, soak the wolfberry berries in water and set aside.

   

2. 2 Cut the cucumber into 0.3cm long sections and place them in the middle of the plate, then cut into 0.22cm long sections, surrounding the 0.3cm long sections, and cut the outermost layer into 0.15cm. Arrange it like a pyramid! Low on the outside and high on the inside! (As shown in the picture) "If there is a knife to poke the zigzag pattern on the cucumber, it will look better"

   

3. 3 Use a spoon to circle the cucumber and remove the center of the half circle!

   

4. 4 Prick each piece of cucumber a few times with a toothpick, sprinkle evenly with salt and set aside! (The purpose of pricking cucumbers is to make the cucumbers more delicious). Add an egg white, an appropriate amount of salt, cornstarch, a little pepper, and chicken essence to the prepared minced meat and mix evenly!

   

5. 5 Drain the water from the cucumber, squeeze the meat paste into meatballs with your hands, and stuff them on the cucumber!

   

6. 6 When the steamer is steaming, put the cucumbers into the pot, add the green onions, steam them for 6 minutes, and then take them out of the pot! Remove the green onions and pour the soup into a bowl. Set aside. Garnish the meatballs with soaked wolfberry!

   

7. 7 Put a small amount of oil in the pot, pour the soup in the bowl, season with salt and chicken essence, and add water.

   

8. 8 Pour evenly over the meatballs and serve!