Ingredients

• Cucumber - 1
• Lemon - 1 medium

How to Make Cucumber Twists And Lemon Twists

• Use dark skinned, long, tender cucumbers, which have hardly any seeds.
• Halve the cucumber lengthwise. Slice off end with a diagonal cut.
• Keeping the same angle, make paper-thin slices, taking care not to cut all the way through. Make seven to nine slices in each group.
• Hold the cucumber piece skin-side down and cut the skin away from the flesh, starting at the end where the skin was not sliced.
• Cut along the skin until there is about one centimetre left. Leave this part uncut.
• Turn the cucumber over and bend every second slice back to the joined ends, leaving the alternate slices straight.
• Place in a large bowl of iced water and leave for several hours or longer. The skin will lift away from the flesh.
• This spectacular garnish can be used to decorate platters of kebabs.
• For lemon twists:
• Slice a lemon thinly; place each slice flat and make a cut into the centre of the slice. Hold the slice in the fingers of both hands - placed on each side of the cut - then twist in opposite directions.
• Two or three slices can be placed on top of one another or twisted together to give a double or triple effect.
• Lemon twists can be used as a garnish for almost any dish.