Cucumber Sauce

Salsa di Cetrioli

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1½ cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
La Terra Fortunata

By Fred Plotkin

Published 2001

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Ingredients

  • Pinch fine sea salt
  • 2 huge cucumbers (about ¾ pound/375

Method

Sprinkle the salt over the cucumber chunks and set aside for 1 hour. Drain well.

Melt the butter over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed pot, add the garlic and onion, and sauté until they are soft and fragrant. Add the cucumber pieces, caraway seeds, paprika, and dill. Cook over low heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally as the cucumber pieces break up. Remove from heat, thoroughly stir i