Cucumber, Mint and Grapefruit Salsa

With a few simple ingredients you can create this Middle Eastern style salsa.

Use this salsa as a salad topping, incorporate into rice or pasta, serve over cooked fish/chicken or simply eat with chips.

The salsa serves best at room temperature. This recipe will keep for up to four days in refrigerator.

If you are planning to make ahead, do not refrigerate with mint - allow salsa to come to room temp and then add in mint.

Ingredients:

• 3 pink grapefruits
• 3 cucumbers
• Juice of 1 orange
• Zest of 1/4 orange
• 10 fresh mint leaves

Process:

1. Peel, seed and segment the grapefruits
   
   
2. Seed and dice the cucumbers
   
   
3. Stack, roll and cut the mint into fine shreds
   
   
4. Zest then juice the orange
   
   
5. In a small saucepan of boiling water, blanch the orange zest for 10 seconds - drain immediately and let cool to room temperature
   
   
6. In a large bowl, combine the grapefruits and cucumbers
   
   
7. Add orange juice and zest
   
   
8. Let sit for about 20 minutes, then stir in the mint leaves and serve