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How to prepare corn salad

Name: How to prepare corn salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 200 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g corn salad; 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar

Corn salad (or lamb's lettuce) is a green salad plant. It can be used like lettuce, but requires careful preparation as it is often grown in sand.

Here is how to prepare corn salad from the freshly picked plant to the leaves ready to use.

165 K 3.6/5 (76 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

2.00 €

200 g

2 Ingredients

Last modified on: April 10^th 2013

For 200 g, you will need:

1 300 g corn salad
2 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar
Total weight: 315 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 10 min.

Resting: 10 min.

All in all: 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Corn salad comes in small "tufts" and these are often full of sand or earth.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Plunge the corn salad into a sink full of water that is barely lukewarm with a little vinegar added.

Swish the leaves round thoroughly and leave to soak for 10 minutes.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

After this time, take the leaves out using a

spider...

Stage 4

...or simply use your hands.

Stage 5

You will see that this rinsing has washed out a lot of sand or earth.

If the corn salad is still not completely clean (you can still find sand on it), change the water and rinse a second time.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Trim off any roots that are still attached.

Stage 7

Finish by drying the corn salad in a salad spinner. It is then ready for use.

Keeping: A few hours in the fridge rpotected with 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	0	9 RDI=1 %	0	10 RDI=1 %	50 RDI: 1 %
Per 100 g	0	2 RDI=0 %	0	3 RDI=0 %	20 RDI: 0 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 200 g : 1.90 €

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