Cucumber Cups Filled With Crab Appetizer

• English cucumber, unpeeled
• fresh herb (to garnish)
• 1/4 cup fresh crab
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime zest
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon green onion, sliced fine
• 1/4 cup celery, diced fine
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• kosher salt
• cracked black pepper

1. Mix all the ingredients together, taste for seasoning; set aside. This can be covered and refrigerated for 1 day.
2. Cut the unpeeled cucumber into 1-1/2" thick slices; with the cucumber slice still laying on it's side, make a diagonal cut, now you have two diagonal cut pieces of cucumber.
3. Use a melon baller to make a small round hole in the center of the cucumber where the seeds are to make a cup; do not cut completely through to the other side.
4. Lightly salt each cucumber cup; place on a paper towel to drain. They can be refrigerated at this point and finished later.
5. When ready to serve remove the cucumber cups from the refrigerator and place a small amount of the crab mixture in the center of each round hole in the cucumber and serve; garnish with fresh herbs.

cucumber, fresh herb, fresh crab, fresh lime zest, lime juice, green onion, celery, olive oil, kosher salt, cracked black pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cucumber-cups-filled-with-crab-appetizer-163568 (may not work)