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Lettuce "chiffonade"

Name: Lettuce "chiffonade"
Prep time: 32 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 1 chiffonade
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 lettuce

Chiffonade is a French term meaning "made of rags.", it consists of shredding the heart of a lettuce into thin ribbons.

241 K 1× 4.5/5 (19 reviews)

35 min.

Easy

3 €

1 chiffonade ingredients

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 1 chiffonade, you will need:

1 1 lettuce
Total weight: 300 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 15 min.

Wash and drain 1 lettuce.

Separate leaves that you will prepare as "chiffonnade", and remove the central stalk.

You should only keep the tender part of the leaves.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pile up leaves...

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

...and roll up to make a kind of cylinder.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cut the roll into thin slices, at the beginning it's a bit rough...

Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.

...then you'll get tidy slices, which give nice ribbons, and a pretty chiffonnade.

Stage 6

Your chiffonnade is ready.

Remarks

You'll get better results with large-leaved lettuces.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	3 RDI=1 %	3 RDI=0 %	0	30 RDI=2 %	140 RDI: 2 %
Per 100 g	1 RDI=0 %	1 RDI=0 %	0	10 RDI=1 %	50 RDI: 1 %

How much will it cost?

For 1 chiffonade : 3 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

Lettuce

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

Such a simple technique. I'll give it a try. Thanks JH:)
louise september 7^th 200912:53 1

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