Vietnamese-Style Beef Salad

• 1/2 seedless cucumber
• 5 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried hot red-pepper flakes
• 1 medium shallot, thinly sliced
• 1 pound fresh pineapple chunks (about 4 cups)
• 3/4 pound deli sliced roast beef
• 12 long sprigs fresh mint

1. Halve cucumber lengthwise, then slice diagonally 1/4 inch thick.
2. Stir together lime juice, water, fish sauce, sugar, red-pepper flakes, and shallot in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved.
3. Arrange pineapple and cucumber on a platter and drizzle with some of dressing. Drape roast beef slices on top and arrange mint alongside. Serve with remaining dressing on the side.

cucumber, lime juice, water, fish sauce, sugar, pepper, shallot, pineapple, deli, long sprigs fresh mint

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/vietnamese-style-beef-salad-238947 (may not work)