Cucumber is ….well, just cucumber really. But combine it with a little sour cream and mayo, and you get this very easy to make, genuinely cooling, summer salad - perfect for the really hot days.

I love this salad as you get the sourness from the sour cream and lemon juice, but the honey just gives the salad the merest hint of sweetness – perfect!

Category: Lunch

Preparation time: 10 mins

Chilling time: 30 mins

Total time: 40 mins

Servings: 4

Your Ingredients

• 2 large cucumbers
• 1/4 cup of red onion
• 1 lemon
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 2 tablespoons of sour cream
• 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
• Salt, to taste
• Pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons of dill

N.B. Use Chef Remi Measuring Cups Set and Chef Remi Measuring Spoons for accurate measuring of ingredients.

How To Make Your Creamy Cucumber & Dill Salad

1. Using a sharp chef’s knife and wooden cutting board, thinly slice your cucumber and red onions.
   
   
   
   
2. Zest your lemon using the zesting grate on a food grater, and then juice it.
   
   
3. Skin your garlic clove by crushing it between a chef’s knife blade and a cutting board. Then, grate with the fine grate of a food grater.
   
   
4. In a small bowl, place the lemon zest and juice, garlic, honey, sour cream, mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
   
   
5. Snip your dill using herbs scissors directly into the bowl, and whisk your dressing well using a small balloon whisk.
   
   
6. In your salad / presentation bowl, place the cucumber and onion slices. Then, pour over your dressing and toss through.
   
   
7. Place your bowl into the fridge and allow to chill for 30 minutes (especially important on a very hot summer’s day!)
   
   
8. Serve your salad with serving tongs.
   
   

Tools Used:

• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Chef’s knife
• Cutting board
• Box grater
• Herb scissors
• Balloon whisk set
• Kitchen tongs

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