Lettuce Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the lettuce
Remove all the outer leaves from the head of lettuce.
Separate the inside leaves from the stalk and soak them in cold water for 30 minutes.
Spread a clean napkin in a colander and carefully place the lettuce in it.
Gather the corners of the napkin and shake to remove excess water.
Serve
Transfer the lettuce to a salad dish and mix with dressing just before serving.
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 salad; soaking in cold water firms up the leaves for a crisp texture.
- Salad dressing
- Adds flavour and moisture to the leaves.
The step that matters
Mix with dressing just before serving. Dressing contains salt and acid that draw water out of lettuce leaves, so they wilt quickly if dressed too early. Dressing at the last moment keeps the leaves crisp.
“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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