Recipes with Lettuce

• Rich and nutritious cooking ideas

Published: 05/25/2010 - Updated: 01/06/2014

• Author: Nayeli Reyes

We believe in partnering with lettuce and salads, however, with this vegetable can be prepared a variety of dishes such as soups, seasonings, dressings, stews, juices, sauces, etc.. Lettuce also has many beneficial properties: soothing the nervous system, digestive and anesthetic properties, it has vitamins such as vitamin C, chlorophyll and other important minerals. It is useful in loss weight diets because of its high water content.

Simple salad of lettuce, low calorie

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 clove of garlic
• Olive Oil
• Lemon to taste
• Salt
• 1 fresh lettuce

Procedure

1. Mix all ingredients except lettuce to make dressing.
2. Well wash and cut lettuce to taste.
3. Bathe with the dressing and ready.

Lettuce snacks

Ingredients for 6 people

• 300 gr. of fillet of sole
• 1 dl. of cream,
• salt
• 80 gr. of whipped cream
• 1 glass of white wine
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons of white wine vinegar
• 1 shallot
• 1 leek
• 270 gr. of butter
• 1 Lettuce
• Pepper

Procedure

1. Slice the fillets of sole, put them in the blender container with one whole egg, cream, salt and pepper and whisk until the mixture is smooth and homogeneous. Peel and chop shallots.
2. Preheat oven to 180 º C.
3. Spread 20 gr. of butter on a baking dish and spread the shallots over a tailspin.
4. Form 30 piles with the mashed fish and put them on the source. Sprinkle with wine, cover with a sheet of foil, place the tray in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, pour the vinegar in a pan and 3 tablespoons of water. Season, bring to a boil and wait until the liquid is reduced to one tablespoon. Put the pan in a water bath, add one tablespoon of water and egg yolks from the rest of the eggs and beat vigorously until the mixture is creamy.
6. Remove pan from heat, but not the bath, and go slowly adding 200 gr. if butter, previously melted, stirring constantly. Add the whipped cream mixture carefully. Reserve this sauce in a bowl.
7. Clean, wash and drain the lettuce and leeks. Cut the lettuce into strips and chop the leek. Sauté the leek in a pan, cut into the remaining butter.
8. Add the shredded lettuce and cook over high heat for 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Place lettuce on 6 saucers and each five snacks. Spread the sauce over and serve.

Lettuce roll with cheese

Ingredients

• 2 roman lettuces
• 300 g of mozzarella into cubes
• 2 red onions
• 200 g of light liquid cream
• 100 g of breadcrumbs
• Fresh Basil
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• salt and white pepper
• Butter for greasing

Preparation

1. Wash the lettuce under the tap. Cut the trunk and put a pan with a liter of water to boil. Cook the lettuces for two minutes and remove with a slotted spoon, letting them drain on a colander. When they are warm, squeeze with your hands to loosen any water.
2. Cut the cheese into eight thick sticks, open lettuce lengthwise, season and form eight rolls, wrapping several sheets of cheese on a stick. Grease a baking dish with butter and place the rolls tight between them.
3. Peel onions and cut into thin rings, in a pan with oil sauté onion, browning slightly over 10 minutes.
4. In a ladle, boil the cream and remove from heat. Add a handful of finely chopped fresh basil and season lightly. Cover with the sauce lettuce and reserve. Mix sauteed onions and spread over the source. Place in preheated oven at 180 ° C leaving 15 minutes and finally browning five minutes, until golden brown crust formation. Serve hot garnished with a sprig of basil.

Lettuce soup

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of butter (30 g)
• 1 / 2 medium onion (90 g)
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped (10 g)
• 6 cups of chopped lettuce (420 g)
• 3 cups of skim milk (720 ml)
• 1 cup of chicken broth (240 ml)

Preparation

1. Melt the butter in a pan and then put yellow onion and garlic.
2. Add the lettuce to cook and season.
3. Blend lettuce and sauté along with the broth, and pour the mixture into a pan and add the milk and simmer for 10 minutes.

Cream of lettuce

Ingredients (4 people)

• ¼ of of lettuce
• 2 knobs of butter
• 2 cups of broth prepared natural or a cube diluted in the same amount of hot water
• ½ cup of cooking cream
• 1 egg
• salt
• pepper
• 1 large potato

Procedure

1. Wash and chop the lettuce and potatoes very thin.
2. Melt butter in a pan and sauté for a minute or two of lettuce and potatoes.
3. Add broth, cream, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
5. Add the whole egg, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and serve.

Juice against insomnia

Ingredients

• Half lettuce
• A carrot
• A sprig of mint
• Molasses Rice

Procedure

1. Pass the vegetables through the juicer.
2. Take this or blender with half a glass of water and molasses rice (this remedy is good for children)
3. Drink at night before bed.

• Nayeli Reyes

  Nayeli is an expert cook, with the title of Chef by the International Culinary School of Guadalajara (Mexico), where she obtained the honorable mention for her great talent and dedication. In Biomanantial.com she presents her best recipes so that we can prepare them easily.