Needed to find something to do with the giants heads of lettuce from the Co-op. Discovered lettuce soup recipes and tweaked it a bit.
- 1 head lettuce, washed well and sliced thin
- 1 small-medium onion, diced
- 1 small-medium turnip, peeled and diced
- 8 cups broth and/or water
- oil or cooking spray
In stock pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and turnip and saute until onion is soft.
Add broth, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until turnip is soft. Add lettuce and turn off heat when wilted (will happen quick!).
Remove from heat and puree, using an immersion blender or in batches in regular blender.
Enjoy.
This is wide open for tweaking. I used a 50/50 blend of vegetable broth and water. Most of the recipes I found called for potato but I didn’t have any, hence the turnip, which I found to be much smoother and sweeter than potato. I also added a few cloves of garlic. Different types of onion (or leek, or scallion) will vary the taste. The type of lettuce will make a difference too, I think the greener the better, the red lettuces are a bit too bitter. This was tasty without any herbs, but I think tarragon would be quite nice. Adding mushrooms (maybe enoki) or carrots would also change it up but still be tasty. I’d love to hear what other members do with this.
