Summer Green Salad
4 servings
10 minutes
Summer green salad is a light and refreshing dish from Italian cuisine, perfect for hot days. Its roots trace back to Mediterranean traditions where fresh vegetables and herbs form the basis of many dishes. This salad combines crunchy cucumbers, tender pickled onions, and aromatic greens to create a harmony of flavors. The dressing of olive oil and wine vinegar highlights the natural freshness of the ingredients, while a hint of black pepper adds spiciness. It is ideal as a standalone dish or as a side to meat and fish. This salad can be served at a summer dinner outdoors, enjoying its simplicity and health benefits.
1
Cut a small onion in half and slice it into thin half-rings. Place in a bowl, lightly salt, and mash well with hands, then pour with wine or apple vinegar. Let the onion sit and marinate.
- Onion: 1 head
- Salt: to taste
- Wine vinegar: 0.3 glass
2
We slice the young cucumbers very thinly. We place them in a clean bowl.
- Cucumbers: 3 pieces
3
Chop the greens.
- Green: 1 bunch
4
We squeeze the onion well. Add it to the cucumbers. Mix with hands, season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with herbs.
- Onion: 1 head
- Cucumbers: 3 pieces
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: pinch
- Extra virgin olive oil: 2 tablespoons
- Green: 1 bunch