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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (85g) Recipe makes 6 servings
Calories 62
Calories from Fat 0		(0%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 0.1g	0%
	Saturated Fat 0.0g	0%
	Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 389mg		16%
Potassium 98mg		2%
Total Carbohydrate 15.6g		5%
	Dietary Fiber 0.4g	1%
	Sugars 13.9g
Protein 0.4g		0%
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Sunday Afternoon Tea Quick Pickled Cucumber and Onion

Recipe #245742 | 2¼ hours | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: French Tart
Aug 10, 2007

This should be called Mum's quick pickled cucumber and onion, as this is what she made EVERY Sunday afternoon for tea-time! We always had this alongside fresh bread and butter, boiled eggs, cold cuts of meat, fruit cake, scones, sometimes a tin of red salmon and always a pot of tea! Wonderful memories, and an easy and tasty pickle for tea-time food. This is also wonderful with picnic food, smoked salmon or an assorted cheese board.

SERVES 6 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 whole cucumber
1 small onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 teaspoon salt
60 ml malt vinegar
75 g sugar
mint or parsley (to garnish)

Directions

1
Use a fork to run through the surface of the cucumber, vertically downwards, to obtain a fluted pattern when sliced.
2
Cut cucumber into thin slices and put into a large bowl, sprinkle with salt and mix well. Leave the cucumber for 10 minutes to absorb the salt then rinse with cold water. Drain off excess liquid in a colander. Return cucumber to the large bowl and add the sliced onions.
3
Combine sugar and vinegar together. Add to cucumber and onion slices and mix well.
4
Decant into a plastic container, and refrigerate overnight or for a few hours before serving.
5
Garnish with mint or parsley.
6
Keeps in the fridge for a week.

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From: pedspeech

On May 29, 2009

I didn't know that it was possible to make pickles that tasted great so soon after making! I used cider vinegar and omitted the onions. We found these to be quite tasty and I'm sure I will keep these in the fridge once our cucumbers start coming in!

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From: lacriath

On May 31, 2008

Very refreshing and easy to make.

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From: katia

On Feb 29, 2008

I followed the instructions exactly and left it marinated overnight. The next day I had with buttered toast slices. Wordeful and unique, but I must say that I found it a bit sweet for my taste. Next time I'll reduce the ammount of sugar. Made it for Australian Februaty swap. Thanks for sharing!

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From: Halcyon Eve

On Jul 23, 2009

Loved these! The malt vinegar added a different flavor than the vinegars I'm used to using. They were just a bit too sweet for my taste (although that could be due to a conversion error--I used 1/3 cup). They had a lovely, fresh flavor even after only 3 hours in the fridge. Thanks so much for sharing, FT! Made for the French Tart Cookathon in the Everyday is a Holiday tag game.

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