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| Braised lettuce with peas |
small knob butter
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 Little Gem lettuces
200ml fresh chicken stock
4 tbsp single cream or crème fraîche
500g bag frozen petits pois
Method
Melt the butter in a large sauté pan with a lid. Fry the onion gently for about 5 mins, until softened.
Meanwhile, pull any damaged or coarse outer leaves from the lettuces and trim the bases. Cut the lettuces in half lengthways, through the base. Place the lettuce cut-side up on top of the onions and cook for half a minute, then turn over and cook for another 30 secs. Pour over the stock and lightly season. Put the lid on the pan, reduce the heat to the minimum and cook for 10 mins. With a slotted spoon, lift the lettuces out and put into a sieve over a bowl. Raise the heat under the pan and boil the juices until reduced by half. Add the cream or crème fraîche and petits pois and boil for 1 min until heated through. Arrange lettuces in a serving dish and pour over the pea-and-cream sauce.
I just felt like having braised lettuce for dinner and found this recipe on the BBC Food website. Apart from substituting skimmed milk (!) for the cream, I actually (more or less) followed the recipe and it was dee-licious! We had 1/2 a gem lettuce each as I wanted to see what it was like first. Shall definitely be making it again - especially for friends!
Bon appétit!
