Recipe for Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Dill Vinaigrette 
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Yield:
8
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
8 cup water
5 tbl fresh lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp whole black peppercorns
24 x uncooked large shrimp peeled, deveined,
with tails left intact
3 lrg English hothouse cucumbers
1/3 cup safflower oil
(or grapeseed oil)
1/3 cup Champagne vinegar
(or white wine vinegar)
2 med shallots minced
3 tbl chopped fresh dill
1/4 tsp sugar
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
Instructions:
Instructions: Combine first 4 ingredients in large saucepan; boil 10 minutes. Add shrimp; cook just until opaque in center, about 1 minute. Drain. Transfer shrimp to bowl. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

Peel cucumbers and cut lengthwise in half. Using spoon, scrape out seeds and discard. Coarsely grate cucumbers. Transfer cucumbers to bowl of ice water. Whisk oil, vinegar, shallots, dill, and sugar in medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. (Cucumbers and vinaigrette can be made 3 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)

Drain cucumbers well. Transfer to paper towels; pat dry. Return cucumbers to bowl. Add 1/4 cup vinaigrette to bowl with shrimp and toss. Add remaining vinaigrette to cucumbers; toss to coat. Arrange 1 lettuce leaf on each of 8 plates. Using slotted spoon, divide cucumbers among lettuce leaves. Top each serving with 3 shrimp.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

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