Hot Lettuce Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 Cos Romaine lettuce
• 1 Iceberg lettuce
• 3 teaspoons fresh ginger, finely chopped
• 4 shallots, finely chopped
• 1 litre chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt
• pepper

Directions:

• Fry the ginger and shallots in olive oil in a heavy casserole dish. Make sure they do not brown at all.
• Chop the lettuces into fine shreds.
• Deglaze the pan with some of the chicken stock then add the rest.
• Add the lettuce, stirring to make sure it doesn't stick to the sides or bottom of the pan.
• Keep stirring until the lettuce starts to wilt.
• Simmer gently for about an hour.
• Remove half of the lettuce and some of the stock and puree in a blender.
• Return to the pan, add salt and pepper to taste.
• Reheat and serve immediately.