How to make Lettuce Soup

Have you ever made Lettuce Soup? Lettuce is a much-overlooked ingredient, as well as serving as a salad, you can braise it and serve as a vegetable and you can make a delicious soup.

Making Lettuce Soup saves waste

Lettuce Soup is also a brilliant way to use lettuces from the garden or allotment that have bolted and are past their best.  Even better you can use that forgotten lettuce at the bottom of the fridge, you know, the one that is slightly limp, maybe a little brown around the edges, but not wet and slimy, I’m afraid that one goes in the compost heap.

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How to make Lettuce Soup

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

15 mins

 

A delicious creamy lettuce soup, delicate of flavour and a brilliant way to use lettuce which i past it's best.

Course: Soup

Cuisine: British

Keyword: lettuce, recipe, soup

Servings: 4

Calories: 149 kcal

Author: Farmersgirl Kitchen

Ingredients

• 25 g butter
• 1 large onion roughly chopped
• 1 large or two smaller carrots washed and finely diced
• 2 heads of lettuce or about 200 g leaves
• 1 tbs chopped chives
• 300 ml vegetable stock
• salt & pepper
• 300 ml full fat milk
• 1 tsp chopped parsley to serve
• A little single cream to serve

Metric - US Customary units

Instructions

1. Melt the butter over a medium heat.
2. Add the chopped onions and carrots and cook until the onions soft.
3. Roughly chop the lettuce and add to the pan, cook until the lettuce has wilted.
4. Add the stock, season with a little salt and pepper and cook for about 5-10 minutes until the carrots are just softened.
5. Remove from the heat add place into a blender with the milk.
6. Blend until completely smooth, taste and add seasoning if required.
7. Reheat and serve with a swirl of cream and a sprinkling of chopped chives

Nutrition Facts

How to make Lettuce Soup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 149 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 7g 11%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 20mg 7%

Sodium 415mg 17%

Potassium 567mg 16%

Total Carbohydrates 16g 5%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 11g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 87.4%

Vitamin C 13.2%

Calcium 14.5%

Iron 6.7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Traditionally Lettuce Soup is made only with lettuce and onions or leeks, but I like to add a few carrots as they add a little sweetness, I also added a few chard leaves from the garden.  If I have some celery I’d happily add some of that too.  As long as there is more lettuce than other ingredients, then you won’t lose the delicacy of flavour.

Lettuce Soup is really quick and easy to make, so next time you are about to throw out a lettuce, remember you can make Lettuce Soup! 

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