Stewed Lettuce
Ingredients
Directions
Boil and drain
Boil the lettuce in plenty of water, ensuring it does not fall apart.
When nearly done, remove the lettuce and drain it.
Stew
Place the drained lettuce in a stew pan with a little rich brown gravy.
Allow it to simmer for twenty minutes.
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 body of the dish and softens as it cooks, becoming tender in the gravy.
- Rich brown gravy
- Adds savoury flavour and moisture as the lettuce simmers.
The step that matters
Boil the lettuce until nearly done, without overcooking it. Heat breaks down the lettuce's cell walls, so it softens. If it cooks too long it turns limp and falls apart, and it will not hold its shape when stewed in the gravy.
“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.
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