What to do with leftover cucumber

Recipes using cucumber

• Elderflower, cucumber and gin granita
• Thai chicken burgers with cucumber relish
• Chilled yogurt, chilli and cucumber soup
• Cheat’s tandoori chicken with cucumber rice salad

How to use up leftover cucumber

• Stir-fry topping
  Finely cut leftover cucumber (seeds removed) into thin matchsticks. Stir into a spicy stir-fry just before serving to fresh up the flavour.
• Easy pickle
  Stir 30g caster sugar into 100ml white wine vinegar with 1 tsp crushed mustard seeds until the sugar has almost dissolved. Using a veg peeler, finely slice the cucumber, then toss in the vinegar mixture with a little sea salt. Chill for at least 30 minutes, tossing now and then, until the cucumber tastes sharp-sweet. Drain, squeeze out any excess liquid, then serve with fish or cold meats.