Uranium Remnants Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateAugust 19, 2026
Salad as nuclear site: lentils, yellow eggs and olives as found uranium and graphite, with a sharp tangy twist.
A sharp, tangy salad on a large round platter mimicking a satellite image of a dug-up nuclear site: grey lentils as earth, bright yellow pickled eggs as uranium barrels, graphite-black olives as storage, with red onion and lemon for tension. The edible markers represent discovery locations.
Ingredients
- 300 g puy lentils
- 4 eggs
- 4 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 red onions
- 2 lemons
- 80 g black olives, pitted
- 1 cucumber
- 1 red bell pepper
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
Method
- Cook the lentils according to package instructions, drain and let cool.
- Boil the eggs hard for 8 minutes, peel and halve them.
- Mix 2 tbsp white wine vinegar with turmeric and 100 ml water. Soak the egg halves in this for at least 15 minutes until yellow.
- Slice the red onions into half rings and marinate with 2 tbsp white wine vinegar and some salt.
- Dice the cucumber and slice the bell pepper into strips.
- Mix lentils, cucumber, bell pepper, olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, pepper and salt into a salad.
- Spread the lentil salad on a large round platter.
- Arrange the yellow eggs as 'uranium barrels' in three spots.
- Place clusters of black olives as 'graphite storage' in two other spots.
- Garnish with marinated onion and roughly chopped parsley.
- Serve with lemon wedges for extra tang.
Serving notes
- Serve on a large round platter so the layout looks like a satellite image.
- Make sure the yellow eggs and olives stand out as clear clusters.
- Offer extra lemon wedges for those who want more tangy tension.