Merger Salad ‘The Film Reel’
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateOctober 1, 2026
Sleek salad with rolled vegetable film reels: Hollywood on your plate.
A sleek salad with rolled cucumber and carrot slices shaped as film reels, laid on a green lettuce bed. The arrangement shows three film reels in a row, referencing the Warner Bros. and Paramount merger and the annual film production quota.
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers
- 4 large carrots
- 150 g arugula
- 150 g lamb's lettuce
- 100 g feta cheese
- 4 tbsp black olives (pitted)
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- salt and pepper
Method
- Wash the cucumbers and carrots. Use a peeler to cut them into long ribbons.
- Roll the ribbons tightly into firm rolls. Make 12 film reels: 8 from cucumber, 4 from carrot.
- Mix arugula and lamb's lettuce. Arrange as a neat rectangular bed on a large platter.
- Place the vegetable rolls in three clear rows of four, to resemble film reels.
- Cut the feta into small cubes and scatter them around the film reels.
- Halve the olives and place them as 'spools' at the ends of the reels.
- Whisk a dressing from olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, honey, salt and pepper.
- Drizzle the dressing evenly over the salad just before serving.
Serving notes
- Serve on a rectangular platter for a cinema feel.
- Arrange the film reels neatly and tightly for the best silhouette.
- Optionally serve with crusty bread.