Recipes: Cucumber slices with tuna & avocado tartare

Cucumber slices with tuna & avocado tartare

This simple canapé needs fresh top quality tuna so explain to your fishmonger you'll be eating it raw

Method

  1. Mix together the tuna, ginger, chives, chilli, half the lemon juice and season. Drizzle the remaining lemon over the avocado and season.
  2. Before serving, put the cucumber slices on a serving platter and spoon 1 tsp tuna mix on each slice with a little avocado. Garnish with the extra chives.

Per serving

18 kcalories, protein 2,2g, carbohydrate 0,4g, fat 0,9 g, saturated fat 0,2g, fibre 0,2g, salt 0,01 g

  • 200g tuna steaks , cut into very small dice
  • 1 tsp root ginger , grated
  • 1 tbsp chives , chopped, plus extra for garnish
  • 1 medium red chilli , seeded and chopped
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ avocado , chopped into small dice
  • 1 cucumber , cut into ½cm slices and drained on kitchen paper