Cucumber Salad (Austrian Gerkensalat)

Cucumber salad is A wonderful side dish, light and refreshing with a sweet and sour flavour. The addition of caraway seeds is a nice twist to your everyday cucumber salad.

1 English cucumber, sliced thin
sea salt
¼ cup white wine vinegar
½ cup water
sugar
1 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp. caraway seeds

Shake salt on the sliced cucumbers, mix and put in a colander for at least ½ hour.

Rinse with cold water and let stand to drain out as much water as possible.

In a bowl, warm the vinegar and water in the microwave, Add the sugar start with one teaspoon and mix until the sugar is dissolved.

Combine all the ingredients add salt and additional sugar to taste. You want there to be a sweet and sour flavour.

Refrigerate several hours.

Serve chilled.