Do-Re-Mi Pavilion Salad
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TypeSide dish
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 21, 2026
A glass pavilion salad with eggs and asparagus, nodding to the Sound of Music museum.
A festive salad built as the glass garden pavilion from The Sound of Music, with halved eggs as domes and rows of green asparagus as glass walls. The arrangement directly references the famous Salzburg gazebo and celebrates the new museum.
Ingredients
- 8 medium eggs
- 2 bunches green asparagus (about 500 g)
- 1 cucumber
- 1 box cherry tomatoes (250 g)
- 100 g arugula
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Boil the eggs for 8 minutes until hard, cool in cold water and peel.
- Cut the eggs in half, keep the halves intact.
- Trim the woody ends off the asparagus and blanch for 2 minutes in boiling water, then cool.
- Slice the cucumber into long thin ribbons using a cheese slicer.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Make a dressing from olive oil, lemon juice, white wine vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper.
- Spread the arugula as grass on a large flat platter.
- Stand the asparagus upright in a circle to form the glass pavilion walls.
- Arrange the halved eggs as a dome in the center of the asparagus circle.
- Weave the cucumber ribbons between the asparagus as window frames.
- Scatter the tomatoes around for color.
- Drizzle everything with the dressing just before serving.
Serving notes
- Serve on a round platter for the pavilion effect.
- Let guests help themselves from the 'pavilion' salad.
- Garnish with extra arugula around the edge for a garden feel.