Braised Lettuce

This is another dish that is more of a suggestion than a recipe, but I like the idea of trying something different with lettuce!

I had bought two little baby gem lettuces for this..

They were cooked in boiling water for a couple of minutes and then drained in cold water. They were put back into a pan with salt, pepper, butter and a little onion..

They were covered with stock and then left to simmer for about 45 minutes. After all that time they were obviously very soft and not such a bright colour anymore..

I left them in a hot plate and used the cornflour to thicken the left over cooking liquid. That was then poured over the lettuces and sprinkled with chopped parsley..

So I was serving this with roast chicken and some potatoes and this was a pretty good roast dinner alternative! It’s quite light but tastes really good, much better than I expected a boiled lettuce to taste like!! The sauce is really good too and delicious with chicken!

Would I make this again? Yes definitely!