Smashed Cucumber

Name: Smashed Cucumber
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Edible flowers; 1 tablespoon sprouts; 3 tablespoons sesame ponzu; ¼ teaspoon sea salt; 1 scallion, thinly sliced; 1 Persian or English cucumber, washed; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 tablespoons mirin; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar; 6 sheets toasted nori seaweed; 1 cup toasted white sesame seeds; ¼ cup tahini; ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons tamari; ½ cup orange juice; ½ cup lime juice; Coriander flowers; 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt

Sesame Ponzu. Furikake

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

PLANTLAB

By Matthew Kenney

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

Smashed Cucumber

1 Persian or English cucumber, washed
¼ teaspoon sea salt
3

Starter
Main course
Vegan

Method

Smashed Cucumber

Place the cucumber on a firm, flat, clean surface. Whack it firmly but gently with the flat side of a heavy cleaver or the bottom an 8-inch skillet. Repeat down its length until it is completely smashed. Cut the cucumber into 1–1½-inch pieces and p