Cucumber Sour Cream Salad - Gurkensalat

This is the recipe for Cucumber Salad or Gurkensalat. I hope you enjoy this version.

Cucumber Sour Cream Salad or Gurkensalat

This is the way I prepare cucumber salad. Sometimes my Mother-in-law would add diced beets to the salad. It is delicious with the addition of beets and adds a slightly pinkish colour to the sour cream. I also like to add thinly sliced radishes. I have passed this recipe down to daughters to friends and now I pass it along to you.
Serves approximately 4 - 6

Ingredients:
1 large English cucumber (no seeds), washed, fork run the length of the cucumber all around, then thinly sliced
Note: Both my Mother and Mother-in-law took a fork and ran it lengthwise along the outside of the entire cucumber. My Mother said it helped to prevent indigestion and she liked how it looked.
1 medium Spanish or vidalia onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
1 tub sour cream, never used light sour cream

a splash of either lemon juice or vinegar
Spring onion or fresh chives and always fresh dill from the garden to sprinkle over top

Directions:
Thinly slice the cucumber and onion.
Blend together the sour cream and either a splash of lemon juice or vinegar.
Pour the sour cream over cucumber and onion.
Gently fold mixture and allow to sit in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
Garnish with fresh spring onion / chives and always fresh dill.
Serves 4 – 6