Strawberry, Cucumber and Mint Salad

This beautiful, delicious and healthy dish is great served as an appetizer or with grilled fish. This is definitely a dish that you eat with your eyes first…

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 1 platter

Ingredients

• 2  pickling cucumbers
• 12  strawberries
• 1  tablespoon champagne vinegar
• 3⁄4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
•  salt and pepper
• 1  tablespoon mint, chopped

Directions

1. Peel the cucumbers and slice thinly.
2. Hull the strawberries and slice thinly (save one strawberry).
3. Arrange the cumber and strawberry slices on a round, shallow serving plate.
4. Do an outer circle of cumbers.
5. Do a slightly over lapping inner circle of strawberries.
6. Continue making inner circles.
7. Finish with the saved strawberry, sliced in half, served on top in the center.
8. Season with salt and pepper.
9. Sprinkle with vinegar.
10. Drizzle with olive oil.
11. Chill for one hour.
12. Just before serving, garnish with chopped mint.