We're currently doing some long-overdue site maintenance that will likely involve some outages, including a temporary shut-down of our commenting functions. We'll hopefully be done within a few days. In the meantime, thanks for your patience and concern!

Uborka Saláta

Cucumber Salad

Cucumber salad is ubiquitous at Hungarian restaurants. This recipe comes from Szakácskönyve by Mrs. Ferenc Móra (Móra Ferencné). This recipe does not specify how much vinegar to use. If you are using Hungarian vinegar (which is strong), we recommend starting with just tiny amount and adding more if necessary. Although this recipe doesn’t call for sugar in the dressing, most recipes do.

Ingredients:
500 grams cucumbers
1 clove garlic
2 teaspoons salt
300 milliliters water with ecet
200 milliliters sour cream
Pinch of pepper
Pinch of paprika

Method:
“Peel the cucumbers and slice them very thinly,” writes Móra. “We’re combining them with one thinly sliced clove of garlic. Salt the mixture and let it sit for two to three hours and then drain. Put the cucumbers in a bowl, and we’re pouring the vinegar/water over them. Sprinkle with ground pepper, and garnish with paprika.”

  1. Saskia Armee says:

    I make a mix of vinegar, sugar, white pepper, salt and fresh dill in which I ‘marinate’ the sliced cucumber; it’s rather tasty too!

 
 
More content from Hungary's leading foreign-language media network
About Chew.hu | Become an All Hungary Member | Newsletters | Contact Us | Advertise With Us
All content © 2004-2012 The All Hungary Media Group. Articles, comments and other information on the All Hungary Media Group's network of sites are provided "as is" without guarantees, warranties, or representations of any kind, and the opinions and views expressed in such articles and columns are not necessarily those of the All Hungary Media Group.