Cucumber Cups with Tuna and Cream Cheese Filling with homemade mayonnaise

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Dressed Salad

1. 1
   Cut the cucumbers into 3–4 cm thick rounds.

   KnifeCutting board
2. 2
   With a small teaspoon, scoop out the center of each round, without piercing the bottom.

   Spoon / teaspoon (regular)
3. 3
   Drain the tuna well and flake it in a bowl with a fork.

   ColanderBowl

   💡Drain the tuna well: liquid left in it thins the mayonnaise, and the salad comes out watery.
4. 4
   Put the egg, mustard, salt and black pepper in the blender jar and blend about half a minute.

   BlenderorStick blenderorFood processor
5. 5
   Add the oil in a thin, slow stream, while the blender is running, until a thick emulsion forms.

   Blender

   💡The thin stream is everything: fat that goes in too fast can't bind, and the sauce breaks. For mayonnaise and hollandaise, if this happens, start with a fresh yolk and slowly add the broken sauce to it; if the sauce is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon of water.
6. 6
   Add the lemon juice and stir. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
7. 7
   Add the cream cheese, mayonnaise and lemon juice and mix.
8. 8
   Add the green onion.
9. 9
   Add the dill, salt and black pepper and mix gently, until evenly combined.
10. 10
    Fill each cucumber round with the tuna salad, arrange on a serving plate and serve.

    Spoon / teaspoon (regular)