Tuna-Cucumber and Sausage-Zucchini Stackers
Tuna-cucumber stackers and sausage-zucchini stackers with the same sauce and cheese to please both seafood lovers and meat lovers in your family.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12
- Category: Appetizer, Gluten Free
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 12 fresh cucumber slices (about 1/2-inch thick)
- 12 fresh zucchini slices (about 1/2-inch thick)
- 1 (6-oz) tuna steak
- Extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 12 kielbasa sausage slices (about 4 ounces)
- 12 fresh small sage leaves
- 1 teaspoon fresh oregano leaves
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons basil pesto
- 7-ounce cracker-cut Monterey Jack cheese
- 24 toothpicks
Instructions
- Pick one cucumber and one zucchini with the similar size and cut into 1/2-inch slices.
- Season tuna steak with salt and freshly cracked pepper. Set aside.
- Cut kielbasa diagonally into 12 1/2-inch slices.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Place the sausage into the pan and cook 1-2 minutes on each side or until the sausage slices are lightly browned. Remove from pan and set aside.
- In the same pan, with the remaining oil, sear tuna steak over medium-high heat for 10-15 seconds on each side. Transfer to a cutting board, and cut in half horizontally. Then cut each large horizontal piece into six pieces with one side seared.
- To assemble the stackers, combine mayonnaise and pesto; spread 1/2 teaspoon sauce on top of each cucumber and each zucchini slice and add 1 cheese slice.
- Top the cucumber stackers with tuna, seared side down and top with a sage leaf. Secure each stackers with a toothpick and place on one platter.
- Top the zucchini stackers with kielbasa slices and top with oregano leaves. Secure each stackers with a toothpick and place on another platter.
- Serve!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 168
- Sugar: 0.5g
- Sodium: 307mg
- Fat: 12.6g
- Saturated Fat: 5.6g
- Carbohydrates: 2.9g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 11.1g
- Cholesterol: 42mg