Lettuce soup
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This lettuce soup recipe is much more delicious than the name might suggest. Rich, buttery braised lettuce is bolstered with sweet shallots, double cream and plenty of dill for a wonderful summer dish. Try serving it chilled or blitz until smooth for variations on the recipe, and use vegetable stock to make it vegetarian. See Anna's other lettuce recipes here.
Ingredients
- 350g of lettuce , (iceberg is a good one to include in this soup)
- 2 shallots , or 5 spring onions, finely chopped (actual spring onions – as in young, fresh onions – are great here when in season)
- 30g of butter
- 1/2 bunch of dill
- 1 tbsp of flour
- 750ml of chicken stock, or vegetable stock
- 35ml of double cream
- 1 tbsp of lemon juice
- salt
- pepper
Method
1
Shred the lettuce into neat slices, about the thickness of tagliatelle. Wash well and drain
2
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the shallots (or spring onions) and sweat gently without colouring for 5 minutes
3
Chop the stalks and half of the dill fronds very finely, then add to the shallots. Season with salt and pepper and cook for a further 10 minutes with the lid on
4
Add the lettuce and stir well to coat with the butter. Cook for a few minutes so it begins to wilt and release some of its liquid. Add the flour and cook for a further 2–3 minutes
5
Add the stock, stirring vigorously, until the lettuce is barely covered and simmer gently for 10 minutes
6
Roughly chop the remaining dill fronds and add to the soup, along with the cream and lemon juice
7
I rather enjoy eating the soup just like this because I like the slurpy, sloppy nature of the cooked lettuce. If you find this texture a bit challenging, then by all means do liquidise the soup so that you have a silky-smooth texture. The result will be a lovely pale green speckled soup
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