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Egg and Cucumber Salad

This Moldovan recipe full of the aroma and taste of herbs, is a fresh change for your salad repertoire. (or collection of salad recipes)
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Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 small to medium seedless cucumbers
  • 6 Nature's Yoke eggs, hard-boiled
  • 1 bunch fresh chives
  • 1/4 bunch fresh dill
  • salt to taste
  • *homemade mayonnaise to taste (start with 1/4 c.)

Homemade Mayonnaise

  • 1 Nature's Yoke egg
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp sugar
  • 1 cup sunflower oil, divided

Instructions
 

  • Wash cucumbers and dice into small cubes. Dice hard-boiled eggs into same sized cubes as cucumbers. Chop chives and only the finest of the dill leaves.
  • Combine first four ingredients, adding salt and mayonnaise to taste.

Homemade Mayonnaise

  • Combine egg, lemon juice, salt, and sugar. Whisk until thoroughly combined and bright yellow. Add 1/4 cup of sunflower oil to mixture a few drops at a time whisking constantly. This process takes about 4 minutes.
  • Add remaining sunflower oil in a thin stream whisking continually. It could take up to 8 minutes for mayonnaise to thicken. Use this delicious home made mayonnaise in a variety of recipes.