Cream Of Lettuce Soup Recipe
Ingredients
| 3 heads lettuce | ||
| Butter | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 1 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| black pepper | 1 | |
| Water | 3 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Heavy cream | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Lemon juice | 1 | |
| Scallions | 6 | |
Directions
1 Cut the lettuce into quarters, re- move the cores and wash thes leaves. Cook in boiling, salted water for 10 minutes. Drain and then chop roughly.
2 Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the chopped lettuce, put on the lid, then tip it a little and. cook slowly for 5 minutes. Season the lettuce with salt and pepper, add the water and bring to a boil. Cover, lower the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Cool a little.
3 Pour the soup into a blender and blend until smooth, or rub through a strainer. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
4 Chill the soup very well and, just before serving, stir in first the cream and then the lemon juice.
5 Trim the scallions, leaving about 1 inch of the green part still on them. With a pair of kitchen scissors or a sharp knife, cut this green part downward, into as many thin strips as possible. Put 1 onion in the center of each bowl of soup so that the thin strips float.
2 Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the chopped lettuce, put on the lid, then tip it a little and. cook slowly for 5 minutes. Season the lettuce with salt and pepper, add the water and bring to a boil. Cover, lower the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Cool a little.
3 Pour the soup into a blender and blend until smooth, or rub through a strainer. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
4 Chill the soup very well and, just before serving, stir in first the cream and then the lemon juice.
5 Trim the scallions, leaving about 1 inch of the green part still on them. With a pair of kitchen scissors or a sharp knife, cut this green part downward, into as many thin strips as possible. Put 1 onion in the center of each bowl of soup so that the thin strips float.
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