Stewed Lettuce

Ingredients

• 4 small lettuces
• 1/2 pint stock
• Seasoning
• Little flour
• Little gravy browning
• Little milk

Method

1. 1

   Boil your lettuces till tender (about 20 minutes) having first removed outer leaves and hard stalk.

2. 2

   Bring milk and stock to boiling-point.

3. 3

   Make some thickening and stir in, so that the mixture is of the ordinary consistency of white sauce.

4. 4

   Add a very little gravy browning to make it a richer colour.

5. 5

   Place your lettuces in vegetable dish, being careful not to break them in removing them from saucepan, pour sauce over them and serve immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The week end novels book of cookery (1920) by Allied Newspapers Limited, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Lettuce. 4 small lettuces i} pint stock Seasoning Little flour Little gravy browning Little milk

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