Cucumber Salad from Gourmet

Recipe from Gourmet Magazine

Ingredients

2 cucumbers (1.5 to 1.75 lbs)

2 tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar

¼ cup distilled white vinegar or your favorite...like Artesano's Honey Wine

2 tsp grainy mustard

Lettuce

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 

Directions

Slice the cucumbers into thin rounds (using a slicer will get them paper-thin!) and toss with the salt in acolander. Let drain for about 15-20 minutes.

Squeeze excess liquid from the cucumbers.

Whisk together sugar, vinegar, and mustard in a large bowl, then stir in cucumbers.

Marinate, chilled, at least 2 hours.

Drain cucumbers, reserving marinade, and mound on lettuce.

Whisk oil into reserved marinade and drizzle over salad. 

Photo by Mohammadreza Ghasemian