Refreshing Sweet & Sour Cucumber Salad
Yield
4 servingsPrep
20 minCook
0 minReady
20 minLow Fat, Fat-Free, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Low Carb, Sodium-Free, Low Sodium
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
2 | each |
cucumbers
peeled |
|
1 | ounce |
sweet wine
or 1 tablespoon honey |
* |
2 | teaspoons |
white wine vinegar
|
|
2 | teaspoons |
liquamen
|
* |
1 | pinch |
pennyroyal
(or mint) |
* |
1 | pinch |
asafetida
optional |
* |
salt and black pepper
to taste |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
2 | each |
cucumbers
peeled |
|
28.9 | ml/g |
sweet wine
or 1 tablespoon honey |
* |
1E+1 | ml |
white wine vinegar
|
|
1E+1 | ml |
liquamen
|
* |
1 | pinch |
pennyroyal
(or mint) |
* |
1 | pinch |
asafetida
optional |
* |
1 | x |
salt and black pepper
to taste |
* |
Directions
Slice the cucumbers into thin, ⅛ inch slices and arrange them neatly around a serving plate.
Mix the sweet wine or honey, the vinegar, liquamen, pennyroyal (or mint), and asafetida (optional) and pour over the cucumber slices.
Season with salt and pepper to taste (as the Romans would have done at the table), and serve.