Crumbs on the Pavement
Based on:
TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateNovember 9, 2026
Crispy bread crumbs march across a sharp, tangy salad.
A salad with sharp mustard vinaigrette, radish and pickles, with crunchy bread crumbs forming a protest march across the plate. The crumbs make a visible line, echoing the news about the minimum wage 'crumbs': present, but minimal.
Ingredients
- 1 baguette (for crumbs)
- 2 heads romaine lettuce
- 8 radishes
- 2 red onions
- 8 small pickles
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 100 ml olive oil
- 2 tablespoons strong mustard
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and black pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Cut the baguette into small cubes and bake on a tray for 10 minutes until golden and crisp.
- Wash the romaine lettuce, chop roughly and divide over four plates.
- Slice radishes thinly, cut red onions into half rings, and quarter the pickles lengthwise.
- Mix lettuce, radish, onion, pickles, and capers in a large bowl.
- Whisk together olive oil, mustard, white wine vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, salt, and pepper for a vinaigrette.
- Toss the vinaigrette through the salad.
- On each plate, make a wide diagonal stripe of bread crumbs, like a march through the city.
- Spoon the salad alongside, keeping the crumb stripe clearly visible.
Serving notes
- Serve with extra mustard vinaigrette on the side.
- Add a diagonally placed pickle as a ‘leader’ at the front of the crumb line.