Name: Nasturtium Salad
Ingredients: 1 head of lettuce; a quantity of nasturtium leaves; nasturtium flowers; salad dressing

Nasturtium Salad

Ingredients

1 head of lettuce
a quantity of nasturtium leaves
nasturtium flowers
salad dressing

Directions

Prepare

Shred the head of lettuce.
Mingle the shredded lettuce with the nasturtium leaves.
Wash both thoroughly.

Serve

Place in a salad bowl and dot with nasturtium flowers.
Serve with salad dressing.

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: Provides the crisp, leafy bulk that forms the body of the salad.
Nasturtium leaves: Add a peppery, slightly sharp flavour that contrasts with the mild lettuce.

“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.