Barrel Route Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateNovember 13, 2026
Salad with eggs as oil barrels in a row, echoing the tankers at sea.
A fresh salad with halved eggs as oil barrels, lined up on a bed of greens, with a cucumber strip as the shipping lane. The setup refers to oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, matching the news about oil export.
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 200 g mixed lettuce
- 1 cucumber
- 1 red bell pepper
- 12 black olives
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp mustard
- pepper and salt
Method
- Boil the eggs for 8 minutes until hard, cool and peel.
- Slice the eggs lengthwise in half.
- Wash and dry the lettuce, spread over a large platter.
- Slice the cucumber lengthwise into long, wide ribbons using a cheese slicer.
- Lay a wide cucumber ribbon diagonally as the shipping lane.
- Arrange the halved eggs in a neat row on the cucumber ribbon, as oil barrels.
- Dice the bell pepper and scatter around the lane.
- Halve the olives and place one half on each egg as the ‘lid’ of the barrel.
- Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper and salt for the dressing.
- Drizzle the salad with dressing just before serving.
Serving notes
- Serve on a large flat platter so the ‘tankers’ are clearly visible.
- Add extra cucumber ribbons as waves along the route if desired.