Ring of Fire Salad
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 7, 2026
Spicy volcano-shaped salad with fiery flavors and a rain of olive ash.
A spicy, layered salad with red and yellow vegetables shaped like a volcano, erupting with a rain of black olive ash. The fiery flavors and sharp acids refer to the volcanic eruption and the Pacific Ring of Fire in the news.
Ingredients
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 cucumber
- 8 sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 100 g pitted black olives
- 200 g feta cheese
- 1 lemon
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red chili pepper
- 2 tsp sumac
- salt and pepper
Method
- Cut the red and yellow bell peppers into strips about 1 cm wide.
- Slice the cucumber diagonally.
- Cut the red onion into thin half rings.
- Chop the sun-dried tomatoes.
- Cube the feta cheese.
- Slice the red chili pepper into thin rings.
- Mix olive oil, lemon juice, sumac, salt, and pepper into a dressing.
- On a large platter, arrange the bell pepper strips in a cone shape (volcano), red outside, yellow inside.
- Place the cucumber slices around the base as the island.
- Scatter the red onion, sun-dried tomatoes, and feta around and on the volcano.
- Create a 'crater' on top with black olives, letting some tumble down as ash.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and garnish with chili rings for extra heat.
Serving notes
- Serve on a large round plate for the volcano effect.
- Add extra lemon wedges for more tang.
- Sprinkle extra sumac just before serving for an ashy look.