Cucumber boats on Feta tomato sauce

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 3
As made for fine fillings: Once the seeds are removed, there is room for fluffy puree in the cucumber halves. In the oven they are then gently cooked in a spicy sauce
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 600 g Potatoes
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 250 g cherry tomatoes
  • 75 g dried soft tomatoes
  • 1 Onion
  • 6 Stem/s Oregano
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 1 can(s) (425 ml each) chunky tomatoes
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 200 g Feta
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream
  • 2 Braised cucumbers (approx. 600 g each)
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and wash the potatoes and cook them in salted water for about 20 minutes. In the meantime wash and halve the cherry tomatoes. Dice the dried tomatoes. Peel and chop the onion. Wash the oregano and remove the leaves from the stems.

  2. 2

    For the tomato sauce, heat oil in a saucepan. Sauté the onion until transparent. Add the chopped tomatoes, dried tomatoes and oregano, bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and 1 pinch of sugar. Crumble the feta. Stir cream and approx. 2⁄3 Feta into the sauce.

  3. 3

    Peel the cucumbers, halve them lengthwise and remove the seeds. Drain potatoes. Add butter and milk and mash everything roughly. Season to taste with salt and nutmeg. Spread mashed potatoes into the cucumbers.

  4. 4

    Put the tomato sauce and cherry tomatoes in a casserole dish. Place the cucumbers on top and sprinkle with the rest of the feta. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 180 °C/gas: see manufacturer) for 35-40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
390 kcal
CARBS
29 g
FATS
23 g
PROTEINS
15 g