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Cucumber & fennel salad

Polish · Dinner

Cucumber & fennel salad

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A refreshing Polish-style salad of salted cucumber and shaved fennel dressed in a creamy soured-cream sauce with lemon juice, white wine vinegar, and fresh dill.

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  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free
  • Polish
Serves
Salad from 1 large cucumber and 1 fennel bulb; portion as needed
Level
Easy

Method3 steps

  1. Step 1: Wash and thinly slice the large cucumber (1 large). Put all its slices in a sieve over a bowl, sprinkle with the one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon sugar and leave for ten minutes to draw out liquid.

    Drain salted cucumber slices · 10 minUses 1 large cucumber, washed and thinly sliced in step 1 · 1 tsp Sugar · 1 tsp salt for draining the cucumber

  2. Step 2: Let the actual cucumber slices drain and discard the released liquid. Put the drained cucumber in a serving bowl. Wash and trim the fennel bulb (1), remove its tough core, thinly slice it and add all the fennel to the prepared cucumber.

    Uses All rested cucumber slices, drained of the released liquid · 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and thinly sliced in step 2

  3. Step 3: Wash and chop the full dill (1 bunch) bunch and squeeze the lemon. Mix all the soured cream, lemon juice, white wine vinegar (1 tablespoon) and chopped dill in a separate bowl, season with black pepper to taste and toss this complete dressing through the actual prepared cucumber and fennel. Serve the finished salad.

    Uses All prepared cucumber and fennel · 150ml Sour Cream · Juice of 1 lemon, squeezed in step 3 · 1 tablespoon White Wine Vinegar · 1 bunch fresh dill, washed and chopped in step 3 · Black pepper for the dressing, to taste

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