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danish cucumber salad in jar

Danish cucumber salad

Recipe for Danish cucumber salad
Easy recipe for a traditional danish cucumber salad. Serve the pickled cucumbers with frikadeller, pork roast, in a burger, on a hotdog, or as a side dish for a lot of other dishes. You can add dill or other herbs if you like.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Danish
Servings 1 portion
Calories 1115 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cucumbers
  • ½ dl fine salt

Pickle

  • 4 dl vinegar
  • 4 dl water
  • 2,5 dl sugar
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 10 peppercorns

Instructions
 

  • Put all the ingredients for the pickle in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Then, the pickle should cool completely before finally pouring over the cucumbers. The reason why you use a cold cook is to preserve the lovely green color and the crispy cucumbers.
  • The cucumbers are rinsed and then sliced ​​into thin slices. I usually use a mandolin to cut into 3 mm. thickness.
  • Place the cucumber slices in a colander and distribute the fine salt over. Then turn the slices of cucumber around so that the salt is well distributed.
  • Leave the cucumbers with the salt in approx. 15 minutes, so that the salt can extract excess water. It's how to get a delicious crispy cucumber salad.
  • Once the cucumber slices have rested in salt, rinse them in cold water. Lots of cold water! I usually rinse them several times, so I'm sure the salt is completely gone.
  • Then place the cucumber slices in a suitable clean jar. Pour the cooled pickle over. Let them chill for some hours, og even better for a few days if you can wait that long!

Nutrition

Calories: 1115kcal
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