Braised Sweet Gem Lettuce with Sekanjabin

Name: Braised Sweet Gem Lettuce with Sekanjabin
Yield: For 4 people as a side dish.
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: 4 sweet gem lettuces; 100 ml chicken or good vegetable stock; 100 ml chicken or good vegetable stock; few sprigs mint; 2 tablespoons sekanjabin

Preparation info

For
4
people as a side dish.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

About

This is a lovely combination. Sweet gems belie their name as they can actually be fairly bitter, but the bitterness is lost when they are cooked in this way. This makes a fine accompaniment to rich meat dishes.

Ingredients

4 sweet gem lettuces
100 ml chicken or good vegetable stock
few

Asia
Iran
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Wash the lettuces, removing any mangy bits, but basically leaving whole. Place them in an oven-proof dish, with the sprigs of mint on top, pour the stock over them and drizzle the sekanjabin over everything. Cover the dish with foil and bake in the oven (gas mark 4, 180°C) for around 25–30 minutes. The lettuces should be soft enough to welcome advances from a fork. Serve on a bed of fres