Sunday Afternoon Tea Quick Pickled Cucumber And Onion - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Use a fork to run through the surface of the cucumber, vertically downwards, to obtain a fluted pattern when sliced.
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.
Combine sugar and vinegar together. Add to cucumber and onion slices and mix well.
Decant into a plastic container, and refrigerate overnight or for a few hours before serving.
Garnish with mint or parsley.
Keeps in the fridge for a week.