A cucumber salad with strawberries and pine nuts can be prepared in ten minutes. A great option for a light snack for a hot summer day. The salad is filled with vitamins, it can be prepared for children from five years old.
It is necessary
- For two servings:
- - 400 g of strawberries;
- - 1 cucumber;
- - 4 tbsp. tablespoons of balsamic vinegar;
- - 2 tbsp. spoons of pine nuts;
- - 2 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil;
- - 2 teaspoons of honey;
- - 6 sprigs of fresh basil;
- - ground black pepper to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse the fresh cucumber first. To peel or not peel is a matter of your taste and the age of the cucumbers. If its peel is thick, then, of course, it is better to peel it. Cut the cucumber into rings or half rings, although you can also cut into cubes and straws - this does not matter.
Step 2
Rinse fresh strawberries, remove the tails, dry the berries lightly on a paper towel. You can cut strawberries in halves, rings, quarters, cubes, in general, based on how you cut the cucumber. Combine the cucumbers and strawberries in a deep bowl.
Step 3
Now prepare the strawberry cucumber salad dressing. Combine white balsamic vinegar with honey and olive oil and pepper to taste. You will get a homogeneous mixture. Instead of olive oil, you can take vegetable oil, but odorless.
Step 4
Rinse the basil sprigs, dry them, chop or tear them into leaves with your hands. Mix with cucumber and strawberries. Pour the dressing over the resulting salad, mix everything.
Step 5
Heat a dry skillet, place the pine nuts and dry them. Then sprinkle them on the prepared cucumber salad with strawberries. Serve immediately, the salad does not need to be infused.
