Sheet Escape Soup
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TypeSoup
Serves4 people
DateAugust 27, 2026
Soup with tagliatelle sheets draped over breadsticks: an edible escape route, sharp and suspenseful in taste.
Spicy, tangy tomato-vegetable soup with wide tagliatelle 'sheets' draped over breadsticks, mimicking an improvised escape route. The breadsticks lie diagonally across the bowl, resembling a rope ladder over a prison wall. A wink to the master escape artist and his iconic sheet trick.
Ingredients
- 2 onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 carrots
- 2 cans chopped tomatoes (800 g)
- 1 liter vegetable stock
- 200 g tagliatelle (preferably wide ribbons)
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 8 long breadsticks (grissini or soup sticks)
- Fresh basil (for garnish)
Method
- Roughly chop onion, garlic, peppers, and carrots.
- Heat olive oil in a large pot, sauté onion and garlic for 3 minutes.
- Add peppers and carrots, cook for 5 minutes more.
- Add chopped tomatoes, stock, chili flakes, and paprika. Bring to a boil, simmer for 20 minutes.
- Cook tagliatelle al dente according to package. Drain.
- Roughly blend the soup with an immersion blender, leaving some texture. Season with vinegar, salt, and pepper.
- Lay 2 breadsticks diagonally across each bowl, like a 'rope ladder' over the bowl.
- Drape several tagliatelle strands loosely over the breadsticks, like sheets over the 'wall'.
- Pour hot soup into the bowl without disturbing the setup. Garnish with fresh basil.
Serving notes
- Serve with extra breadsticks on the side.
- Let guests pull the 'sheets' off the ladder themselves.
- For extra heat: put chili flakes on the table.