Summer pickles

Sesame Cucumbers

INGREDIENTS:

80ml sweet ginger vinegar

60ml rice wine vinegar

2 tablespoons soy sauce

6 baby cucumbers

3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

6 short bamboo skewers

METHOD:

Mix together the two vinegars and soy sauce in a bowl. Set aside.

Peel 3 strips lengthways off the cucumbers creating a striped pattern.

Submerge the cucumbers in the vinegar mixture and refrigerate over night.

Grind the sesame seeds using a mortar & pestle until it is coarse.

Remove the cucumbers from the liquid and impale each one lengthways on a bamboo skewer.

Spread the ground sesame mix on a plate and roll the cucumbers through the mixture until evenly coated.

Serve immediately.

This recipe is available in the Supernormal Cookbook - purchase online or in the restaurant.