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How to prepare a lettuce

Name: How to prepare a lettuce
Prep time: 28 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 1 salad
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 lettuce; 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar

It is much more economical to buy a whole lettuce than separate leaves in a plastic packet. And it's so simple to prepare - you can see how here.

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Duration

30 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 17^th 2011

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 1 salad, you will need:

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Resting

10 min.

All in all

30 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Resting 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

Stand the lettuce with the stalk upwards.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pull off any damaged leaves and discard.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Lie the lettuce on its side and cut off the stalk.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

You can trim off the stiff white part at the base of the leaves if you want a more tender lettuce.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Try to keep the "heart" of lettuce, kids love to find it in their plates.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

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.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

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.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put the leavves in a salad spinner and give them a good whirl.

Stage 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 !

Keeping: A few days in the fridge in a bowl covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	0 g	1 g RDI=0 %	0 g	10 kcal RDI=1 %	44 kJ RDI=1 %
Whole recipe	3 g RDI=5 %	3 g RDI=1 %	0 g	33 kcal RDI=2 %	140 kJ RDI=2 %