Elegant Brown Butter Braised Cucumbers with Pine Nuts and Coarse Salt

Ingredients

• 2 large slicing cucumbers, peeled and sliced into 2 inch spears
• Coarse sea salt
• 2 turns of freshly cracked black pepper
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon pine nuts