Stage Soup with Slanted Microphones
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TypeSoup
Serves4 people
DateOctober 24, 2026
A spicy soup with slanted breadsticks as microphones: tension and sharpness in one bowl.
Spicy tomato-lentil soup with diagonally placed breadsticks as microphones on a stage. The silhouette refers to Macklemore’s lost stage and the tension around his performance. The sharp soup and fragile ‘microphones’ echo the feeling of outspoken words and tense shows.
Ingredients
- 2 onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 red chili pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 can diced tomatoes (400 g)
- 1 liter vegetable broth
- 200 g red lentils
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
- 8 long breadsticks (grissini)
- fresh coriander for garnish
Method
- Finely chop the onions, garlic, and red chili pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large pot. Sauté onion, garlic, and chili for 3 minutes.
- Add paprika and cumin, fry for 1 minute.
- Add diced tomatoes, lentils, and broth. Bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 25 minutes until lentils are soft.
- Roughly blend the soup with a stick blender. Season with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Pour the soup into wide bowls.
- Stick two breadsticks diagonally into each bowl to resemble microphones on a stage.
- Garnish with coriander.
Serving notes
- Serve immediately so the breadsticks stay crisp.
- Lay the breadsticks crosswise for extra stage effect.