Pickled Cucumber with dill

Ingredients

• 150ml/5fl oz rice wine or cider vinegar
• 50g/2oz caster sugar
• 2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
• 1 small bunch fresh dill, leaves only, roughly chopped

Method

1. Bring the rice wine vinegar to a simmer in a non-reactive saucepan with the sugar, salt and mustard seeds, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Put the cucumber slices into a bowl and pour over the hot vinegar mixture. Stir in the dill after 10 minutes and set aside to infuse.