Swapped Donor Salad

Ingredients

• 1 head little gem lettuce
• 1 cucumber
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 red onion
• 8 green olives, pitted
• 8 black olives, pitted
• 1 carrot
• 100 g feta cheese
• 4 tbsp Turkish yogurt
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp pul biber (Turkish chili flakes)
• salt and pepper

Method

1. Wash the little gem lettuce and separate the leaves, lining the bottom of a round dish (petri dish shape).
2. Slice the cucumber thinly, cut tomatoes into wedges, and slice the red onion into thin rings.
3. Cut the carrot into thin strips (julienne).
4. Mix Turkish yogurt with pressed garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, pul biber, salt, and pepper for a spicy dressing.
5. Arrange the cucumber, tomato, onion, and feta neatly in sections over the lettuce, like sorted donor profiles.
6. Hide a generous spoonful of the spicy yogurt dressing in the center, under a cucumber slice.
7. Place green and black olives in pairs on the salad as visible 'donors'.
8. Lay the carrot strips in a spiral over the salad as a DNA strand.

Serving notes

• Serve in a shallow round dish so the arrangement remains visible.
• Let guests mix the salad themselves to discover the hidden spicy core.