Gemelli Lung Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateOctober 16, 2026
Warm salad shaped like a lung, as a nod to the Pope in hospital.
Warm salad with grilled aubergine and peppers, arranged like a lung X-ray: aubergine as trachea and bronchi, pepper halves as lung lobes. Comforting and hearty. The wink: the lung as the news object, clearly visible on the plate.
Ingredients
- 2 large aubergines
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 200 g feta cheese
- 1 can chickpeas (400 g, drained)
- 100 g lamb's lettuce
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp smoked paprika powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Slice the aubergines lengthwise into thick slices (about 1 cm).
- Halve the peppers, remove seeds. Cut the red peppers into wide strips, the yellow pepper into half rings.
- Mix aubergine slices and pepper pieces with 2 tbsp olive oil, paprika powder, salt and pepper. Roast 25 minutes on baking paper until soft and golden brown.
- Drain the chickpeas. Mix with 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 crushed garlic clove, salt and pepper. Fry 10 minutes in a frying pan until crispy.
- Make a dressing from lemon juice, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 crushed garlic clove, salt and pepper.
- Place the lamb's lettuce on a large platter. Arrange the aubergine slices as a 'trachea' with branches (bronchi) in the center. Lay the red and yellow pepper pieces as 'lung lobes' on either side of the aubergine.
- Scatter the chickpeas as small nodules over the lungs. Crumble the feta as 'white spots' on the lungs.
- Drizzle with the dressing.
Serving notes
- Serve on a large white platter for the X-ray effect.
- Add warm baguette for extra comfort.