How to prepare a lettuce

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 salad, you will need:

• 1 1 lettuce
• 2 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar
• Total weight: 315 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Start to finish
20 min.	10 min.	30 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Stand the lettuce with the stalk upwards.
2	Pull off any damaged leaves and discard.
3	Lie the lettuce on its side and cut off the stalk.
4	You can trim off the stiff white part at the base of the leaves if you want a more tender lettuce.
5	Try to keep the "heart" of lettuce, kids love to find it in their plates.
6	Put the lettuce leaves in a large container of water that is not too cold (more efficient at removing any earth), adding 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar. Leave the leaves to soak for 10 minutes or so to wash them.
7	After this, "play the spider", which means remove the leaves from the water by lifting them out with your hands. This leaves any dirt at the bottom undisturbed.
8	Put the leavves in a salad spinner and give them a good whirl.
9	Your lettuce is ready.

Remarks

The simplest way to dress a salad? A good vinaigrette and a few chopped herbs. There's nothing better before all that lovely French cheese arrives on the table !

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