Grilled Baby Gem with Miso and Honey

Name: Grilled Baby Gem with Miso and Honey
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 100 ml (scant ½ cup) olive oil; 1 tbsp dark red miso; 4 baby gem lettuces; pinch of sea salt; 1 small clove of garlic; juice of ½ lemon; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tbsp white miso; 1 tbsp local honey

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Robata

By Silla Bjerrum

Published 2018

About

Local honey is a cure for all ills, boosting our immune systems. I reach for it at the first sign of a cold; without the bees we would literally be doomed.

Ingredients

4 baby gem lettuces
1 tbsp dark red miso
100 ml (scant

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Remove and discard the outer layer of the lettuces and cut each one in half. Wash gently under running water and leave to dry on kitchen (paper) towel for 20 minutes, cut edge facing down.

Dissolve the red miso in the olive oil, whisking gently with a small whisk, and add the soy sauce and lemon juice. Dress the baby gem in the miso oil, ensuring the oil penetrates in between the layers