Name: How much Lettuce to Use
Ingredients: 1 head Boston lettuce or red leaf lettuce, 6 miniature heads Bibb lettuce, or 2 heads romaine lettuce, outer leaves removed; 1 head round radicchio, the size of a small fist, or 1 small head Treviso; 1 bunch arugula; 1 Belgian endive, yellow leaves from 1 head escarole, or yellow and pale green leaves from 1 head frisée; Bitter or Spicy Green Salad; 1 handful of nasturtium leaves or flowers (optional); Leaves from 1 bunch basil; 2 bunches arugula

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By James Peterson

Published 2007

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If you are serving a salad as a first course or after a main course, you will need a couple of handfuls of leaves per serving. (For main courses, figure on about 3 handfuls.) One large head of lettuce, such as red leaf or Boston, is about right for 4 servings. For a combination of lettuces—such as Belgian endive, radicchio, and arugula—plan on a bunch of each for 4 servings. When buying escarole or frisée, look at the heads to gauge how much is actually usable. Since frisée, escarole, and o

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