Saturday, December 24, 2022

Tomato and cucumber salad



The tomato, onions and cucumber salad is a simple, fast side dish but with a very intense flavor. Let's see together the recipe and some useful tips for equally simple and tasty variants.

The tomato, onions and cucumber salad is a fresh and light side dish, perfect for the summer period when these two vegetables are at their freshest and are particularly good to serve to their guests. A light side dish and quick to prepare. In this way you can bring to the table a very tasty side dish in a few minutes, which makes this preparation perfect for those who have little time to devote to the stove or do not have much desire after a busy day of work.

Let's see, therefore, together how to make an excellent salad of tomatoes, onions and cucumbers.

Ingredients

4 San Marzano tomatoes
2 cucumbers
1 red onion
Extra virgin olive oil to taste
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Oregano to taste

Preparation

To start the preparation of tomato, onions and cucumber salad you need to start with tomatoes and cucumbers. Both, in fact, will be cleaned, in the chaos of peeled cucumbers, and reduced into small slices. Same thing also for the onion that will be reduced into very thin slices so that its flavor is not too strong since you are going to serve it still raw. Add the vegetables in a bowl and season with extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano. Mix everything well and put in the fridge for about half an hour so that all the flavors mix well. At this point leave your onion, tomato and cucumber salad at room temperature for about half an hour and then serve to your guests together with the second course you like. This side dish, in fact, lends itself to any type of second course, both meat and fish.

Tip
You can enrich your preparation by adding potatoes, which you will boil for 40 minutes in boiling salted water and then peel. Reduced into slices they will be really good to accompany the other vegetables in this recipe.

Preservation
The salad of onions, tomatoes and cucumbers keeps for a maximum of one day closed in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will, however, be left at room temperature for at least half an hour before being served to your guests so that it is more pleasant to consume. However, it will always be an excellent side dish.

 

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