This is a festive summer accompaniment, served chilled as a standalone dish or as a crunchy garnish for hot dogs, hamburgers, or other sandwiches. The dish resembles a bowl of poker chips.
Ingredients
1 small yellow onion, peeled
3 medium cucumbers, peeled with a parer so that the cucumber is surrounded by 8 to 10 green strips of skin alternating with the vegetable's exposed white flesh.
1 lemon, zested as below
1/2t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
Juice of one lemon
1 T. wine vinegar
4 - 6 T. honey
2 T. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 t. cayenne pepper (optional)
Preparation
1. Using mandoline or very sharp Chef's knife, slice onion into thin rounds and place in large nonreactive bowl.
2. Using mandoline, slice cucumber rounds less than 1/8" thick and add to bowl.
3. Using micro plane, remove zest from lemon and add to bowl.
3. Add salt, pepper, lemon juice, vinegar, honey, olive oil and (if desired) cayenne to bowl and mix well. Adjust sweet/sour blend, and refrigerate for several hours, tossing occasionally to distribute flavors. Serve chilled.
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