LETTUCE RECIPES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 December 1925, Page 17

LETTUCE RECIPES.

When lettuces grow large and ohl they are not suitable for salads, bn: they can be used for making excellent vegetable dishes. Lettuce a la Poulette. —4 lettuces, 1 pint of white sauce, salt, pepper, i nutmeg, 1! eggs. Wash the lettuces well, remove the thick stalks, winch are inclined to be bitter, ami any decayed leaves. Put all the sound leaves into a pan of boiling, salted water, and boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Drain, then chop the lettuces lightly, and put them into a pan with the white sauce, salt, pep per, and nutmeg, and simmer until the lettuces arc tender. Draw the pan to the side of the fire and stir in the beaten yolks of the eggs. Stir over low heat until the eggs thicken, then put’ the mixture into a Lot dish aid garnish with fried sippets of bread. Stuffed Lettuce. —1 large lettuces, 4 oz of breadcrumbs,. 2oz of suet, 1 teasponful of chopped parsley, 1 teaspoouful of chopped thyme and marjoram mixed, grated rind of i lemon, salt, pepper, 1 egg, 1 pint of stock or gravy, I teaspoonful of sugar. Wash and trim the lettuces and boil them in salted water for .15 minutes. Lift vhem up and put them into cojcl water, then drain. Mix the breadcrumbs, suet, parsley, thyme and marjoram, and grated lemon rind, season well, and bind the mixture with the beaten egg. Open the lettuce leaves and insert a little of the forcemeat in each, tie them up and put them into a pan with the gravy, vinegar, salt, and pepper, and simmer for another 15 minutes. Re move the strings, dish the lettuces on a hot dish, and pour the gravy over and round. A nut stuffing may be used for these, made by mixing 4oz of any kind of nuts with 3oz of boiled rice. Season well, bind with beaten egg, or a little thick sauce. Stew in brown, white, or tomato sauce. The stuffed lettuces may be braised by placing them in a stewpan with thin slices of bacon placed 'under and over them. Add a peeled, sliced carrot and onion, a bunch of herbs, 2 cloves, 10 peppercorns, and • cook very gently either in the oven or over low heat for II hours. Add - a tablespoonful of sherry to the sauce before serving it Dish the lettuces as above.