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Bomb Threat Soup with Danger Bread

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TypeSoup

Serves4 people

DateNovember 14, 2026

A soup full of tension: spicy red, halved eggs as bombs, bread as warning tape.

A spicy tomato and pepper soup, served with halved boiled eggs as bombs in the soup and thin toasted bread slices on the edge, resembling warning tape. The silhouette of a 'found bomb' in class: a half-egg bomb, sharp red around it, bread as cordon.

Ingredients

  • 2 red bell peppers
  • 2 cans diced tomatoes (400 g each)
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 red chili pepper
  • 1 liter vegetable stock
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 8 thin slices baguette
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cut the bell peppers into large pieces.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a soup pot. Sauté the onion and garlic until translucent.
  3. Add the bell pepper, chili, and tomato paste. Fry for 3 minutes.
  4. Add the diced tomatoes, stock, paprika, and sugar. Bring to a boil.
  5. Simmer for 25 minutes. Blend the soup smooth with a hand blender.
  6. Season with salt and pepper.
  7. Meanwhile, hard-boil the eggs (9 minutes), peel and halve them.
  8. Toast the baguette slices in the oven until golden brown.
  9. Pour the soup into bowls. Place two halved eggs in each bowl, dome-side up (bomb shape).
  10. Lean two thin slices of toasted baguette diagonally on the bowl's edge, like warning tape around the bomb.
  11. Serve immediately.

Serving notes

  • Sprinkle the eggs with a little smoked paprika for extra tension.
  • Serve with a lemon wedge for extra sharpness.