Lettuce When Used in Vegetable Soups
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the lettuce leaves well to keep them green.
Cut the leaves into shreds or use a cutter.
Put the cut lettuce in boiling water and cook for a few minutes.
Immerse the cooked lettuce in cold water.
Drain the lettuce and add it to the soup when ready to serve.
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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