737 MAX Crash Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 30, 2026
Salad shaped like a damaged Boeing, with sharp flavors and a nod to the news.
A spicy, colorful salad arranged as the side view of a damaged Boeing 737 MAX: long grilled eggplant as the fuselage, halved boiled eggs as cockpit and tail, red pointed pepper as the broken tail. The sharp dressing and tangy onion create tension and a bold flavor landing.
Ingredients
- 2 eggplants
- 1 red pointed pepper
- 4 eggs
- 1 red onion
- 100 g feta
- 1 cucumber
- 150 g arugula
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- salt and pepper
Method
- Slice the eggplants lengthwise into 1 cm thick slices. Brush with 2 tbsp olive oil, sprinkle with salt, and grill for 5 minutes per side until soft and striped.
- Boil the eggs for 8 minutes until hard, cool under cold water, peel, and halve.
- Cut the pointed pepper in half lengthwise, remove seeds. Cut one half into a sharp point for the tail fin, slice the rest into strips.
- Slice the red onion into thin half rings, mix with red wine vinegar, and let marinate for 10 minutes.
- Slice the cucumber diagonally into thin slices.
- Make the dressing with 2 tbsp olive oil, lemon juice, chili flakes, salt, and pepper.
- On a large platter, lay the grilled eggplant slices in a straight line as the airplane fuselage. Place two egg halves at one end as the cockpit, and one half at the other as the tail.
- Place the pointed end of the pepper against the tail as the broken tail fin. Scatter the pepper strips around as loose parts.
- Arrange arugula, cucumber, pickled onion, and crumbled feta around the plane as 'panic on board'.
- Drizzle everything with the spicy dressing.
Serving notes
- Serve on a long platter for the airplane effect.
- Let everyone add some 'panic' (onion, feta, pepper) for extra tension.