Summer Corn and Cucumber Salad with basil
A simple, flavorful summer salad with raw corn, cucumber and basil tossed in a shallot-lemon dressing with paprika.
Original Recipe
Avocado Skillet
Ingredients
- 2 medium to large cucumbers
- 4 ears corn
- 1 cup basil
- olive oil
- lemon
- honey
- salt
- pepper
- paprika
- shallot
Instructions
- Dice the cucumbers.
- Husk the corn and leave it raw; slice or cut kernels off the cob as desired.
- Finely chop the basil.
- Make the dressing: mix together shallot, olive oil, lemon, honey, paprika, salt and pepper.
- Toss the cucumbers, corn and basil with the dressing until well coated.
- Divide the salad into portions and serve.