Simple as Applied to Cucumbers - Cucumber Salad: A recipe

A simple post today, keeping our theme in tact. No need to embellish.

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Source : Elizabeth David’s French Provincial Cuisine
Cuisine: French, but International really
Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 0 mins
Serves: 4 – 6 people, depending how you use it

ingredients
cucumber
best quality extra virgin olive oil
sea salt
chives, chervil or parsley
equipment
mandoline or sharp knife

method

Let’s listen to the words of Elizabeth:

“To slice a cucumber really thinly you need the instrument called a mandoline. In France, the cucumber is nearly always peeled (use a potato parer) and is best prepared a little time ahead. Slice it almost paper thin on the mandoline, sprinkle it with salt, put in a colander with a plate pressed down over it and leave to drain. After a minimum of half an hour press it dry and dress with oil, a few drops of vinegar, a pinch of sugar. Sprinkle with chopped chives, chervil or parsley.

The gherkin cucumbers, short and fat, which are used for pickling and which come into the shops in August, can be treated in the same fashion, and it is essential to peel them as their skins are apt to be better; then cut them in half lengthways and discard the course seeds before slicing them, and ne rather more generous with the sugar in the dressing.

As the season advances, ordinary cucumbers become full of seed and watery, and they too should have the seeds remove din the same way as the cornichon cucumbers.”

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