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A bowl of Pineapple Cucumber Salad with Mint sits on the table, with hot Honey vinaigrette to the side.

Pineapple Cucumber Salad with Mint and Hot Honey Vinaigrette

All the tropical vibes in this simple summer salad that is perfect in any setting. The hot honey vinaigrette will become your new favourite dressing for all sorts of salads. As with most of my salads, don't be obsessed by amounts, use as much or as little of each salad ingredient as you are in the mood for.
Course Salad
Keyword hot honey vinaigrette, pineapple
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 2 cups or so, chopped Pineapple
  • 4 Persian cucumbers, or 1/2 of an English cucumber, chopped or sliced, see Notes
  • 2-3 Little gems lettuce, chopped
  • 1/3 cup or so, of thinly sliced red onion
  • large handful of fresh mint, thinly sliced
  • Lime zest for garnish
  • Fresh cracked black pepper for garnish

Hot Honey Lime Vinaigrette

  • 2-3 tbsp hot honey, see Notes
  • zest from one lime
  • 3 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • good pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions

Prepare the Hot Honey Vinaigrette first

  1. Combine all the dressing ingredients in a small jar with a lid. Shake well to combine. Taste, and re-season as desired. Store in the fridge till needed. Remove to allow the olive oil to loosen up if needed. There may be more dressing than you require, use it for other salads through the week.

Salad

  1. Place the sliced red onion into a small bowl. Cover with some of the vinaigrette. This will help soften the onion and take away excess 'bite'. Do this about 30 minutes before you assemble the rest of the salad.
  2. In a large bowl combine the chopped pineapple, chopped or sliced cucumber, torn or chopped lettuce, and the finely shredded mint. Add the onion.
  3. Drizzle with more of the dressing. Toss gently together. Taste to see if you want to add any more salt or pepper.
  4. Finish with lime zest, and freshly cracked pepper.
  5. Any leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge overnight.

Recipe Notes

Feel free to use more pineapple, or less cucumber, more or less onion, you know what I mean!
Cucumber: You can chop, slice, use a vegetable peeler to create ribbons, or even a melon baller to create cucumber balls (this works best if using an English cucumber)
You can use any hot honey you have on hand, homemade or storebought. If you want to make a batch, it's so easy, here is my Hot Honey recipe.