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This salad is very quick and uncomplicated. In Poland we eat it frequently, probably few times a week, depending on what sort of dishes are served for dinner. Usual set up calls for some boiled potatoes, meat and this salad. It is especially tasty with new/young potatoes and refreshing during summer months.
Ingredients:
- 1 big cucumber
- 2 tablespoons sour cream + 1 tablespoon milk OR half&half
- 2 tablespoons dill
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions:
- Peel the cucumber and slice it.
- In a small bowl mix sour cream with milk OR half&half.
- Add salt and dill.
- Add sour cream mixture to cucumbers and mix well.
- Serve cold.
Yield: 2 generous portions
Nutritional Info: Cal 52, Prot 1g, Carb 4g, Fat 4g, Fiber 1g
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I had this growing up. What a great comfort food
I was taught to salt down the cucumbers for a few hours before adding sour cream/dill mixture to take some of the acid out of the cucumbers (it also makes them softer).
Yes that is the way I was taught as well. Also I add a bit of vinager
Really good my wife likes it and she isn’t Polish
Happy to hear that!
Grew up with this in a large polish family but they always added a tablespoon of sugar to the mix
Hi Diane! Yes, there is a version with sugar too 🙂 In fact in my home we used to make two bowls of it, one with sugar, one with vinegar, the latter being my dad’s favorite. Thanks for stopping by!
I was taught to massarate thinly sliced onions first then add sour cream and cubes.
Sounds yummy!
Grew up with this and still make it
Russian background
Hi there! I too have grown up on this salad but find when I make it, the water from the cucumbers out weigh the creaminess of the sour cream. Do you dry your cucumbers? Someone said salt will bring out the moisture in the cukes? Please let me know if you have time. Thanks so much!!?
Hi! Thank you for taking time to comment! I do not dry cucumbers, but it is true – salt brings the moisture out. Have you tried adding the salt right before putting salad on the table? It will buy you some time before the water starts coming out.
The way we always did it is, add the salt first to the cucumbers and then refrigerate for a little while, you can drain the water that the salt brings out. Then add the sour cream mixed with milk or half-n-half mixed to the consistency that works best. Mix well, add dill.
Great tip! Thanks!
Salt them up let them sit a while the squeeze them out you will get lots of water from them use your hands and squeeze the cucumbers out
I slice the cukes on a grater,put in a bowl, salt them and then cover them with plastic wrap and put a heavy container on top for a while, then drain the cukes before adding sour cream etc. My Mother did it this way.
That’s the way we did it. Add salt first and drain the water off.
I salt my cucumbers and let them sit an hour or more. Even 3! Then squeeze the moisture out. Lately I used my salad spinner and it was awesome! So fast!
our family made it the same way . We Peeled and grated the cucumbers and salted them . Squeeze out the water and added sour cream . Everyone’s favorite. Mmmmm….
Is the dill in seed form or weed form?
Weed 🙂
My grandmother from Lithuania used to make this with the addition of sliced red radishes -so pretty! Great recipe.
I love that! Why I haven’t thought of adding radishes before.. have to try it next time! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Soaking the cucumber slices in salt water draws liquid out of the cucs and keeps them from becoming watery. This step helps tremendously if you don’t eat them all and have left overs.
I am preparing mizeria differently
I remove seeds from cucumber or buy English cucumber
I mix freshly squeezed lemon juice with sugar and salt and add yogurt instead of sour cream
That will save some calories and tastes great
Of course add plenty of fresh dill
My Mum always peeled and sliced the cucumbers thinly on a mandolin, salted them & into the fridge. Sour cream together with vinegar and mixed with a little white pepper. To get the correct sourness keep adding vinegar until you get that citric spritz that you can compare to sucking on a lemon! Water from cucumbers was hand squeezed out and added to sour cream mixture. Smacznego!
Great recipe! Dziekuje! 🙂
I make a normal cucumber salad with oil, vinegar,salt and pepper, garlic then add sour cream and a lot of dill. Love it
I learned how to make this in Home economics class in the, seventh grade. I loved it then and still love it!
I am Polish from both sides of the family. It is strange that none of the family do I remember calling this Mizeria, it was called ogorki z smietana. I know however that Mizeria is being used more frequently now. My Mother used like many others responders sour cream,sugar, and white pepper and dill, her sister my aunt added vinegar. In the summer months this was done with sugar and vinegar with thinly sliced onions,sometimes radishes. Different strokes for different people.