Name: Potage Aux Laitues Au Consomme
Ingredients: 6 heads of lettuce; 2 liters of consommé

Potage Aux Laitues Au Consomme

Ingredients

6 heads of lettuce
2 liters of consommé

Directions

Prepare the lettuce

Cook the lettuce as described in the stuffed lettuce soup recipe.
Drain the cooked lettuce and remove the stems.
Gently press the lettuce and cut it into 6 pieces.

Serve

Place the pieces in a soup tureen and cover with 2 liters of consommé.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Lettuce: Forms the soup's main vegetable pieces, giving body and a tender, soft texture.
Consommé: Provides the clear broth that carries flavor and keeps the lettuce moist.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.