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    Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad

    Author: Peter Kolesnichenko · Published: Feb 4, 2016 · Modified: Nov 11, 2021

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    Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad are simple, fresh, and easy summer salads, popular in Russian and Ukrainian kitchens. Growing up, this was a staple on our summer table, with mom picking the tomatoes and cucumbers fresh from our garden. Now it's a staple on my summer dinner table.

    This Creamy Tomato Cucumber Salad is an easy rustic Russian salad, made with tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, dill and whipping cream. A tasty addition to your summer salad dinner recipes.

    There are many different recipes for tomato salads from around the world. It's pretty easy, as tomatoes are a staple in foods in every culture I can think of. Slavs love eating fresh tomatoes in the summer, with so many different ways to enjoy them.

    Cucumber and Tomato Salad with Dill

    Dill is one of my favorite herbs, and is used extensively in Slavic and Russian cooking. We tend to throw it into everything and this Tomato Salad is no exception. Many people don't know how to use dill, and I think it's and under used herb. It's always growing in my garden, a perfect addition to this summer salad.

    When we moved to Australia, I heard people reference dill as 'dill weed'.  I had never heard of that before moving here. The term weed has a negative connotation to it. This is far from a weed! Dill is extensively used in Eastern European and Scandinavian cooking. Commonly used to flavor everything from soups, fish, salads and  pickles. It's one of the herbs I can't live without.

    • cucumber tomato salad ingredients on a blue cutting board
    • preparing tomato cucumber salad

    Russian Tomato Salad Dressing

    A popular Slavic way to make Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad (Салат из помидоров и огурцов) is using Smetana or Sour Cream. Homemade Smetana is runnier than the store bought western version, which is thickened with thickeners. Store-bought sour cream is lumpy and hard to mix through the salad, especially with tender tomatoes. Whipping Cream as a liquid, works better to absorb the juices of the fresh cut tomatoes, onions and dill. The flavor combination melds together, creating a delicious salty, tomato juice and onion flavored whipping cream dressing. That's my favorite part of this salad, I love to mopping up with a crusty piece of bread.

    So why did my parents and grandparents use whipping cream for this salad? I think that during lean times, war times, you used what you had. Sour Cream takes time to make, and whipping cream would have been available from the farm. You can mix sour cream with whipping cream to make it runnier. Trust me, you're going to love it. You'll never go back to plain sour cream dressing again. Other people might add mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, but plain whipping cream is all you need. It's the perfect base for the onion and tomato juicy flavors to mix together.

    How to Make Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad

    This is such an easy and rustic recipe to make, one that you'll make every summer. Many Russians have a summer dacha, where they grow vegetables, especially tomatoes and cucumbers. Nothing tastes better than fresh vine ripened tomatoes, which I highly recommend for this recipe. That's probably the secret that makes the dressing so tasty, the vine ripened tomatoes!

    I use about ½ a Long English Cucumber in this recipe, but that's not how we grew up eating it. We always grew pickling cucumbers that we used for salads too. Sometimes the skin was too bitter, so we peeled the cucumber skins before slicing. That's not necessary when using store bought cucumbers.

    Finally, thinly slice green onions, toss everything together with whipping cream and fresh dill. Don't skip the salt and pepper. This Creamy Tomato Cucumber Salad can't really be made in advance, because the tomatoes become soggy.

    This Creamy Tomato Cucumber Salad is an easy rustic Russian salad, made with tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, dill and whipping cream. A tasty addition to your summer salad dinner recipes.

    Check Out These Other Tomato Recipes!

    • Whole Marinated Tomatoes
    • Sweet Pepper and Tomato Salad
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    • Russian Pickled Tomatoes
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    • Tomato Bruschetta

    This is my version of a Russian Tomato Salad, always a side dish on our summer dinner table. A 5 salad ingredient recipe that's perfect to make in the summertime. A tasty addition to your summer salad dinner recipes rotation. Bon Appetit! Приятного аппетита!

    This Creamy Tomato Cucumber Salad is an easy rustic Russian salad, made with tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, dill and whipping cream. A tasty addition to your summer salad dinner recipes.

    Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad

    This Creamy Tomato Cucumber Salad is an easy rustic Russian salad, made with tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, dill and whipping cream. A tasty addition to your summer salad dinner recipes.
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes
    Course: Salad, Sides
    Cuisine: Russian, Slavic
    Keyword: creamy tomato salad, Cucumber and Tomato Salad, tomato cucumber salad
    Servings: 4 people
    Author: Peter Kolesnichenko

    Ingredients

    • 3 large tomatoes
    • ½ Long English cucumber
    • 3 green onions sliced
    • ¼ cup whipping cream
    • handful fresh dill chopped
    • salt and pepper to taste

    Instructions

    • Cut the long English cucumber in half lengthways, then slice into pieces.
    • Cut the tomato into chunky bite size pieces.
    • In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumber and onions. Pour the whipping cream and mix in the chopped dill. Add the salt and pepper taste.

    Notes

    This recipe shouldn't be made in advance, as the tomatoes get soggy. Serve immediately after preparing.
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    • Russian tomato salad with cucumbers, green onion, whipping cream and fresh dill
    • This Creamy Tomato Cucumber Salad is an easy rustic salad, made with tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, dill and whipping cream. A tasty addition to your summer salad dinner recipes. (Салат из помидоров и огурцов)

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    Comments

    1. Lynz Real Cooking

      February 09, 2016 at 2:32 am

      looks great!

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      • PetersFoodAdventures

        February 09, 2016 at 11:41 am

        Thanks Lynn! 🙂

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        • Lynz Real Cooking

          February 09, 2016 at 7:40 pm

          yumm

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    2. Anna

      February 05, 2016 at 5:37 pm

      My mum (who is Polish) also makes salads with cream as a dressing. It seems a bit awkward, but is, in fact, tasty, especially if you add a pinch of salt AND a pinch sugar. I am curious what kind of cucumbers you Mum grew in her garden? Were they long and slick like we buy in stores now or 'proper' short 'warty' ones?

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      • PetersFoodAdventures

        February 05, 2016 at 6:21 pm

        Haha, I love your response. Slavic people all have very similar foods, probably due to our shared histories. You're right, it is so delicious, and I'll have to try the sugar trick! And the home grown cucumbers must only be the short and warty ones, not the long pretty tasteless ones they sell in stores! 🙂

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        • Anna

          February 07, 2016 at 5:44 am

          I am happy you are of the same opinion about cucumbers as me. I heard people saying that the short ones are NOT cucumbers. Jeysus, sometimes I worry about the future of the humankind...

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          • PetersFoodAdventures

            February 07, 2016 at 10:34 am

            haha! I think it's funny the people have such a strong opinion about what is obviously a cucumber!

            Reply
    3. lucykharris

      February 04, 2016 at 6:20 am

      Hey! I've nominated you for a One Lovely Blog award to my followers because I love your blog! Just posting here so you can see I nominated you 🙂 x

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      • PetersFoodAdventures

        February 04, 2016 at 11:10 am

        Thanks so much Lucy! It's an honour that your thought of me 🙂 Thank you.

        Reply
    4. Cooking For The Time Challenged

      February 04, 2016 at 6:17 am

      Brings back the memories ????

      Reply

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