Chilled Lamb's Lettuce Consommé Recipe
Flavors of the Pays de la Loire
Total time: 15 to 30 minutes
Prep. time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note
Good to know: Lose wieght with lamb's lettuce
Lamb's lettuce is very low in calories: only 14 per 100 g. Take advantage of it in your low-cal menus!
Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 200 g (7 oz.) Mache (Lamb's Lettuce)
- 2 zuchinis
- 2 carrots
- 4 mint leaves
- 50 (3 tbsp.) unsalted butter
- 500 ml (2 cups) water
- 2 French Shallots
- Fine salt
Method
- Peel the zucchini, then cut into small cubes. Sauté the shallots and zucchini in butter. Add the water and salt; cook gently.
- At the end of the cooking time, add the lamb's lettuce and cook just 5 minutes longer.
Purée in a blender. Correct the seasoning; chill. - Serve the consommé well-chilled in transparent glasses and garnish with little carrot sticks, lamb's lettuce and/or mint leaves.
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Collaboration: Canetti Conseil. Photo: François Bertram. Stylist: Claire Blancherie.
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