Prickpoint Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateAugust 28, 2026
Halved eggs as vaccination shots in a warm salad, comforting and instantly recognizable.
A warm, comforting salad with halved eggs in a spiral, mimicking vaccination shots in a circle. Each 'prickpoint' is a halved egg, the spiral symbolizes the outbreak and vaccination campaign. The dish resembles a vaccination round in Kisangani: simple, clear, and soothing.
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 1 large sweet potato
- 2 red onions
- 2 bell peppers (yellow and red)
- 1 cucumber
- 200 g mixed salad leaves
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp mustard
- salt and pepper
- 1 bunch parsley
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Peel and dice the sweet potato. Toss with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes on a baking tray.
- Boil the eggs for 8 minutes until hard. Cool, peel, and halve.
- Slice onions into half rings, peppers into strips, and cucumber into diagonal slices.
- Mix salad leaves, roasted sweet potato, onion, pepper, and cucumber in a large bowl.
- Whisk together 1 tbsp olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper for the dressing. Toss with the salad.
- Arrange the halved eggs in a spiral pattern on top of the salad, yolk side up, to mimic vaccination points.
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Serving notes
- Serve warm for extra comfort.
- Place the bowl in the center of the table: prickpoints visible to all.