Pickled cucumber

no cooking essential

This swift pickled cucumber recipe is wonderful for serving alongside burgers or in a roast beef sandwich.

no cooking required

Components

Use a fork to run by way of the surface of the cucumber, vertically downwards, to obtain a fluted pattern when sliced.

Minimize cucumber into thin slices and put into a big bowl, sprinkle with salt and mix nicely. Depart the cucumber for 10 minutes to soak up the salt then rinse with cold water. Drain off extra liquid in a colander. Return cucumber to the big bowl.

Grate the fresh root ginger. Reduce the stem ginger into thin slices.

Mix sugar, vinegar and the two kinds of ginger with each other. Add to cucumber slices and combine effectively.

Decant into a plastic container. Refrigerate overnight or for a few hours just before serving.