Pickled cucumber recipe

Pickled cucumber

Use this brilliantly easy pickled cucumber recipe to add a garnish to fish or meat dishes alike, or enjoy as a healthy snack with crispbreads or crackers.

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  • Serves 6
  • 5mins prep time, 5mins cooking time, plus cooling time
  • 65 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 300ml (1/2pt) white wine vinegar
  • 75g (3oz) caster sugar

For the salad

  • 1 cucumber, halved lengthways, seeds scooped out, and finely sliced
  • 2 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped

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Each serving contains

Energy
280kJ 65.0kcal
3%
Fat
1g
low1%
Saturates
1g
low0%
Salt
0.5g
low0%
Sugars
14g
medium16%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 14.4gProtein 0.7gFibre 0.5g

Method

  1. Pour the vinegar into a saucepan, add the sugar, bring to the boil, then stir and simmer for 5 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved and the mix is slightly syrupy. Cool.
  2. Slice thecucumberthinly and put in a bowl. Pour the vinegar and dill into the bowl, and mix. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

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