Refreshing Fennel Cucumber Salad

fennel cucumber salad on a white plate next to wooden salad servers and fresh dill.

5 from 6 votes

This fennel and cucumber salad makes the most of light summer produce and flavorful fresh dill. Quick and easy to make, it works perfectly as a summer side salad with BBQ food or as picnic food.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Appetizer, Lunch, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, British

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 91kcal

Author: Claire

Ingredients

½ English cucumber finely sliced
1 small fennel bulb stalks and fronds removed, finely sliced
2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1-2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar more to taste
1 teaspoon honey
2 tablespoon dill diced
pinch salt
pinch black pepper optional

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prepare the fennel by slicing off the stalks and fronds. Slice lengthways through the root. Then finely slice horizontally with a sharp knife or use a mandolin.
Slice the cucumber lengthways, then slice into half moon shapes. If you wish, you can remove the seeds with a small spoon or peel the cucumber.
Combine the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, diced dill, honey, salt and black pepper in a small bowl. Stir or whisk to combine.
Add all the salad ingredients to a bowl and toss to coat the vegetables in the dill dressing. Adjust with more salt or black pepper to taste.

Notes

English cucumber and Persian cucumbers have thin edible skin, so don't have to be peeled, but you can if you prefer. Scooping out the seeds is also down to preference.
While the apple cider vinegar will help slow browning, I suggest slicing the fennel shortly before you serve the salad.
If lemon juice works for you, then add a small squeeze (likely not suitable for my low histamine readers).
Using a mandolin will give you very finely sliced fennel, but if you don't have one a sharp knife and steady hand will work too!
Adjust the dressing to taste preference, with more apple cider vinegar, salt or black pepper.
Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.

Swiss Interest Group Histamine Intolerance

All ingredients score 0 on the SIGHI list, with the exception of:

dill scores 1, with a note, 'Small amounts not usually a problem. High salicylate content'.
apple cider vinegar, which scores 1. White distilled vinegar scores 0 as a swap.
black pepper, which scores 2.

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