Schmorgurken ( Braised Cucumbers)
Growing up we had a green house at home to grow tomatoes and cucumbers. During high season we had a lot of cucumbers. Of course a lot of them got canned. Many ended up in salads and then for lunch we braised them. This is a nice vegetarian version. If the cucumbers have a lot of seeds, you may want to remove them. Mine were seedless... or what the industry calls seedless...lol... Here we go: Peel the cucumber and cut them into 4 pieces. This is just to make the cucumber easier to handle. Then cut the 2 pieces along the long side and cut it into small pieces about 5mm wide. We also need 1/2 of a medium onion (chopped) olive oil ( it depends on how much cucumber you used. For me I used about 5-6 tbsp. ok, I didn't measure). 2 heaping spoons of creme fraiche or sour cream fresh chopped dill (frozen dill can be used as well) salt and pepper to taste In a pan heat the olive oil add the onions and let them get translucent. Then add the cucumber pieces, salt and pepper to tas...