High Voltage Line Soup

Name: High Voltage Line Soup
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 1.5 liters chicken or vegetable stock; 500 g ripe tomatoes; 2 red onions; 2 cloves garlic; 2 red chili peppers; 2 lemons; 2 tbsp olive oil; 16 green asparagus spears (long, straight stalks); 4 eggs; Salt and pepper to taste; Handful fresh parsley

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TypeSoup

Serves4 people

DateSeptember 7, 2026

A spicy soup with asparagus as power lines and halved eggs as transformers: tension you can taste.

A spicy, clear soup with long, diagonally placed green asparagus as power lines over a base of fiery tomato and sharp lemon. The asparagus rest on halved eggs as transformers: visible tension on the plate, referencing the sabotage at the power station.

Ingredients

1.5 liters chicken or vegetable stock
500 g ripe tomatoes
2 red onions
2 cloves garlic
2 red chili peppers
2 lemons
2 tbsp olive oil
16 green asparagus spears (long, straight stalks)
4 eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
Handful fresh parsley

Method

Cut the tomatoes into large pieces. Finely chop the onions and garlic.
Heat olive oil in a soup pot. Sauté onion, garlic, and chili for 3 minutes.
Add tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Pour in the stock and simmer for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, hard-boil the eggs (8 minutes), peel, and halve them.
Trim the woody ends off the asparagus. Blanch the asparagus for 2 minutes in boiling water, then cool under cold water.
Blend the soup with an immersion blender. Season with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Pour the soup into deep bowls. Place 2 egg halves at the bottom of each bowl, arrange 4 asparagus spears diagonally across as power lines.
Garnish with fresh parsley.

Serving notes

Serve with extra lemon wedges for more zing.
Sprinkle extra chili flakes over the asparagus for a fiery look.