Mizeria

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Mizeria
Photo: Aw58 — via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Prep20 min
Cook0 min
Total20 min

Poland's cucumber salad — thin slices salted and squeezed, then folded into sour cream with dill and a touch of lemon and sugar; the summer side dish of a Polish Sunday dinner.

Ingredients

Serves:4
  • 600 g cucumbers
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 150 g sour cream
  • 3 tbsp dill, chopped
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 0.5 tsp sugar
  • to taste black pepper

Nutrition (estimated)

medium confidence
105kcal · per serving
2.4g
Protein
8.8g
Carbs
7.4g
Fat

Recipe total: 419 kcal · P 9.4g · C 35.2g · F 29.6g

Estimated from 6 of 7 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

  1. 1
    Peel the cucumbers, fully or in stripes, and slice them as thinly as you can, ideally on a mandoline.
  2. 2
    Toss with the salt and leave for 15 minutes, then squeeze out the water by handfuls. Skip this and the cucumbers flood the cream.
  3. 3
    Mix the sour cream with the dill, lemon juice, sugar and pepper.
  4. 4
    Fold the cucumbers into the cream, check the seasoning and chill for 10 minutes before serving.
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Questions and answers

How long does Mizeria take to make?

About 20 minutes.

What ingredients do you need for Mizeria?

7 ingredients: cucumbers, salt, sour cream, dill, lemon juice, sugar, black pepper.

How many servings does this Mizeria recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Mizeria?

About 105 kcal, with 2.4 g protein, 8.8 g carbohydrate and 7.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Mizeria recipe suit?

It is vegetarian and gluten-free.

What cuisine is Mizeria?

Mizeria comes from Polish cuisine.

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