"Butterflies" of cucumber

1 cucumber

Do fork longitudinal grooves along the length of the cucumber.

Cut the tip of the cucumber, retreating to 3mm and do a deep cut across two-thirds of the diameter. Depart from the incision was made 3mm, cut two pieces connected. Likewise, you can do the rest &&171; butterflies&# 187 ;.

Where are connected &&171; wings&# 187 ;, cut away the peel (about 3mm), so &&171; butterfly&&187; will be stable.

We put our &&171; butterfly&&187; on a flat surface and expand &&171; wings&# 187 ;. &&171; to make it easier to deploy, you can pre-dipped in ice water our billet.

The procedure is repeated with the rest of the blanks.