DISH RESEARCH · Salad

cucumber salad

Also known as: Cucumber salad made with cucumber and vinegar, Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing, Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing

Thin cucumber slices in a dill-and-sour-cream dressing.

About cucumber salad

This cucumber salad is creamy German Gurkensalat. Nagi Maehashi’s version uses long English cucumbers with a sour-cream dressing, distinct from the oil-and-vinegar style.

Fresh dill supplies the characteristic herbal flavour. White vinegar adds acidity, balanced by a little sugar, salt and black pepper.

Fine cucumber slices soften while retaining some bite. Their juices thin the initially thick dressing into a light white coating; the salad is tossed and served chilled in a bowl.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in cucumber salad

Nagi Maehashi’s creamy German Gurkensalat.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

English cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cucumber record; long English/telegraph option selected
Sour cream: Milk. Selected sour cream, not yogurt alternative
White distilled vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
White sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Fresh dill: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed

Origins & food traditions

The author describes Gurkensalat as a staple German household and restaurant side.

Countries

Germany

Cuisines & regions

German Cuisine

Sources & references

Nagi Maehashi — German Cucumber Salad, RecipeTin Eats