Summer Cucumber Salad - Spicy

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 large cucumbers, sliced as thin as able. use a mandolin if you have one
• 1 small onion, sliced as thin a able. use a mandolin if you have one
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 tablespoon prepared garlic (jar chopped and in oil)
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder
• salt (for dehydrating cukes)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 peal cukes in stripes leaving some green.
• 2 on a mandolin slice very thin the cukes, place in large bowl.
• 3 dust with sea salt.
• 4 (you must press and drain the cukes or you will have a watery mess).
• 5 place wax paper on cuke slices.
• 6 place a plate on top of cukes and a weight on top of that. ( tea kettle, cans etc.).
• 7 every 20 mins or so, drain the cukes, mix and re-salt. replace the weights.
• 8 do this at least 3 times, more if you are patient.
• 9 meanwhile, peal a small onion and slice very thin on a mandolin. place in a bowl and wait for cukes to dehydrate.
• 10 when cukes are ready, mix with onions, mayo, sour cream, garlic, parsley, dill, cayenne and s & p to taste.
• 11 mix well and let sit for 10 minutes.
• 12 drain off a bit of the liquid.
• 13 cover and refrigerate.
• 14 before serving, mix all and drain more liquid away.
• 15 serve.
• 16 note: play with the amount of mayo/sour cream to your taste. also garlic and cayenne pepper as liked.