Crab and cucumber canapés

Cucumbers are often enjoyed in salads or as crudité but why stop there? Here, they are the perfect base for a creamy and spicy crab salad topping. If you want to make these in advance, prepare the crab mixture and slice the cucumbers. Store in the refrigerator in separate containers and assemble just before serving. Place on a platter and garnish with extra chopped herbs if you’d like. There are two varieties of cooked crabmeat available and either is delicious in this recipe: lump meat (whole pieces of the white body meat) or the less expensive flaked meat (small bits of light and dark meat from the body and claws).