Name: Lettuce Soup with Chives
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: freshly chopped chives; 1 large head lettuce (see method); salt and freshly milled pepper; a scant litre/1½ pints chicken stock; 225 g/8 oz (1 large) potato; 1 medium-sized onion, peeled and finely chopped; 25 g/1 oz butter

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

One of the advantages of making your own soups is that they can be so individual and different from the canned and packet varieties. If you have lettuce growing in the garden this soup is a lovely one to serve and cheap to make.

Ingredients

25 g/1 oz butter
1 medium-sized onion, peeled and finely chopped

Method

Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the onion. Fry gently for about 5 minutes or until the onion is soft and tender, but not brown. Peel and dice the potato and add to the pan. Toss in the onion-flavoured butter and then stir in the stock. Bring up to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the potato is quite tender.

Meanwhile separate the lettuce leaves, wa

Become a Premium Member to access this recipe

Unlimited, ad-free access to hundreds of the world’s best cookbooks
Over 160,000 recipes with thousands more added every month
Recommended by leading chefs and food writers
Powerful search filters to match your tastes
Create collections and add reviews or private notes to any recipe
Swipe to browse each cookbook from cover-to-cover
Manage your subscription via the My Membership page

Already a member?

Best value

'Brilliant app for foodies'

'Spotify of cookbooks'

Lettuce Soup with Chives

Ingredients

Method

Become a Premium Member to access this recipe

$4.99

$39.99

Part of