Best Croatian Simple Cucumber Salad Recipes

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STANDARD CROATIAN MIXED SALAD



Standard Croatian Mixed Salad image

This is usual mixed summer salad you can get almost in every Croatian household or restaurant. The importance is in wine vinegar (not aceto balsamico), and it must be cooled. I do not know the reason, but vinegar does not make you thirsty during hot summer days, so it is very important ingredient.

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Categories     Peppers

Time 10m

Yield 3 portions, 3 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

200 g tomatoes
150 g green peppers (or red, as you like)
150 g cucumbers
100 g onions (optional)
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon oil (olive or normal)
3 g pepper
4 g salt

Steps:

  • Cut tomato into 1/8 parts.
  • Cut green peppers into thin stripes.
  • Peal cucumber and cut across into thin parts.
  • Cut onion into thin rounds.
  • Season with salt and pepper, add vinegar and oil (you can dissolve vinegar with some water) and cool it for 30 minutes. Serve cold.

CROATIAN SIMPLE CUCUMBER SALAD



Croatian Simple Cucumber Salad image

This is really something simple, but very refreshing during hot summer days. This is the usual cucumber salad you will get in Croatia.

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Categories     Vegetable

Time 5m

Yield 1 portion, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

200 g cucumbers
1 garlic clove
1 tablespoon vinegar (not aceto balsamico )
2 g salt
1 g pepper
1 tablespoon oil
3 tablespoons water

Steps:

  • Peal the cucumber and cut into thin slices.
  • Mince garlic well and add into sliced cucumber.
  • Add vinegar, oil and water and season as you like with salt and pepper.
  • Leave in refrigerator to cool a bit and serve.

NORTH CROATIAN CUCUMBER STEW ("CUSPAJZ OD KRASTAVACA")



North Croatian Cucumber Stew (

This is one of my favorite spring stews. It is also my grandmother's recipe from her booklet. It is also side dish to meat and potato.

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Categories     Stew

Time 45m

Yield 4 portions, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1000 g cucumbers
30 g lard (or oil)
20 g flour (all purpose)
1 garlic clove
1 teaspoon paprika (red, dry)
1 tablespoon vinegar (red wine vinegar)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
50 g sour cream

Steps:

  • Peel the cucumbers and cut them as for salad. Salt it and put aside for 10 minutes.
  • Melt lard and add finely minced garlic and flour and sauté it until flour become brownish. Add paprika and stir well. Add cold water and make creamy liquid.
  • Squeeze cucumbers with hand to extract bitter liquid and add cucumbers into the pot. Add vinegar, salt and pepper and cover with water.
  • Cook not more than 30 minutes. Before serving add sour cream and stir.

NORTH CROATIAN SIMPLE WHITE CABBAGE SALAD



North Croatian Simple White Cabbage Salad image

This is another simple summer salads we usually eat in Croatia. It is standard restaurant salad you can get in most Croatian restaurants or households. You can use olive oil instead of normal, and cider vinegar. If you cool it, it is very refreshing during summer.

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Categories     Greens

Time 10m

Yield 4 portions, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

300 g cabbage (white or Dutch cabbage)
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon oil
7 g salt
4 g pepper
2 tablespoons water

Steps:

  • Cut cabbage into thin strips and put into salad bowl. Season cabbage with salt, pepper, vinegar, oil and add some water (more if you do not like so sour or less).
  • Mix all ingredients and wait at least 30 minutes before serving. You can cool it in refrigerator if you like it cold.

NORTH CROATIAN SIMPLE BEANS SALAD



North Croatian Simple Beans Salad image

It is very simple recipe. You may keep the salad up to 3 days in hermetically closed pot in refrigerator (The second day is the best). You can use almost all kinds of beans, even Italian brown lentils. I did not include soaking time in this recipe. We use pumpkin oil for this recipe, but since it has strong and peculiar taste it may be strange for non-Croatians. You may use normal oil, but not olive oil.

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Categories     Beans

Time 50m

Yield 4 portions, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

300 g beans
150 g onions
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup water
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper (black, grounded)

Steps:

  • Cook beans until soft. Drain and put into salad bowl.
  • Slice onion into very thin rings and add into beans. Season with salt and pepper. Mix water and vinegar and add into salad. Pour oil over and stir.
  • Leave it in refrigerator at least one hour. You can keep surpluses in hermetically closed pot in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 79.9, Fat 6.9, SaturatedFat 0.9, Sodium 1165.1, Carbohydrate 4.5, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 1.6, Protein 0.5

CROATIAN SIMPLE TOMATO SALAD



Croatian Simple Tomato Salad image

This is standard tomato salad in Croatian households. It is so simple that I was not sure if it is necessary to submit it. Anyway, it is a part of Croatian usual meal, so, that is how it goes.

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Categories     Onions

Time 10m

Yield 2 portions, 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

300 g tomatoes
50 g onions
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon water
1/4 teaspoon marjoram (optional)
5 g salt
2 g pepper

Steps:

  • Cut onion into thin rounds. Cut tomato into thin pieces, or into 1/8 parts.
  • Put that into a salad bowl; add vinegar, olive oil, water, salt, pepper and marjoram. Mix, cool it for a while and serve.

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