If you thought lettuce was only good for salads or on sandwiches, you should try a bowl of lettuce soup because the new dimension presented will be a most pleasant surprise.
Adapted from : Soup, Coralie Castle, Cole Group, Santa Rosa
Lettuce Soup serves 6
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of shredded Romaine lettuce
- 4 cups of rich, dark beef stock (canned consommé is good)
- 1 cup of chopped watercress
- ½ cup minced onion
- 3 tablespoons minced green bell pepper (capsicum)
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon or ½ teaspoon dried
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons raw rice
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 egg yolks beaten
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- salt and pepper to taste
Method:
- Finely chop lettuce, either by hand or with processor
- Put into medium saucepan and add stock
- Put in chopped watercress
- Fry onion, bell pepper, garlic and herbs in butter until soft
- Add seasonings and combine with stock mixture
- Add rice, bring to boiling, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes
- Add milk
- Beat together the egg yolks and cream
- Put ½ cup of the hot soup into the cream and yolks and whisk it
- Return to soup pot, heat without boiling
- Add salt and pepper and taste for seasoning
Lettuce soup is a good way to enjoy a ,healthy green leafy vegetable.
Enjoy
6 comments:
I've never heard of lettuce soup before, but that actually sounds really good. I think you may have the most unique L post I've read today.
never would have imagined it--sound awesome!
ooh now this one is different, will have to give it a try. On Diners Drive Ins and Dives they showed a place that made Cheeseburger soup which had lettuce in it.
DANIELLE L ZELCHER: Thank You, I'm happy that you liked it.
LYNN PROCTOR: It is actually a very good soup.
RCH: Lettuce soup is a little out of the ordinary but quite good.
I am so excited that you are doing soups! I made an escarole soup for the first time last year. It was delicious and I imagine this soup would be as well. Look forward to more posts.
Janna: Yes escarole soup would be delicious. Thank You for calling.
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