Persian Cucumber Salad with Dill & Lemon
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This lovely, light, bright and easy salad comes together in about 10 minutes and goes with everything. It's crunchy and clean, and you'll make it over and over!
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Difficulty Level
Easy
Hard
Needed Items
Durations
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6 minutes smashing and chopping
2 minutes tossing
2 minutes stirring
TOTAL: 10 minutes
Ingredients
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Persian cucumbers -- you choose the number
Fresh Dill -- LOTS
Salt -- till it tastes right
Lemon zest
Lemon juice
Dried cranberries -- a handful
Feta cheese -- till it looks right (Optional)
Good extra-virgin olive oil
Number of Servings
- You decide!
Equipment
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Chef's knife (or paring knife)
Rolling pin
Cutting board
Bowl big enough to hold all the chopped cucumber
Do-Aheads
- Zest and juice a lemon (or two, if they're small)
Additional Notes
This is really very good without the Feta, if you don’t want dairy in it. You could choose to replace the cranberries with Kalamata Olives….
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