Cucumber Salad
Jacob Bailey
From Gourmet
Ingredients
- 2 seedless cucumbers (1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds total)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons grainy mustard
- Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves
- 2 tablespoons mild extra-virgin olive oil
- Equipment: an adjustable-blade slicer
Directions
Cut cucumbers into thin (1/16-inch) rounds with slicer. Toss with 2 teaspoons salt in a colander, then drain 30 minutes. Squeeze excess liquid from cucumbers.
Whisk together sugar, vinegar, and mustard in a large bowl, then stir in cucumbers. Marinate, chilled, at least 2 hours.
Drain cucumbers, reserving marinade, and mound on lettuce. Whisk oil into reserved marinade and drizzle over salad.
Cooks’ note: Cucumbers can be marinated, chilled, up to 1 day.