Mâche and Bibb Lettuce with Butter Dressing

Name: Mâche and Bibb Lettuce with Butter Dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove; ¼ teaspoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 1 teaspoon snipped fresh tarragon; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; About 3 ounces mâche; 2 Bibb lettuces (about ¼ pound each); 2 teaspoons lemon juice; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

About

An unusual butter-dressed salad that is nearly acid-free—and thus a boon to fine white wine.

Ingredients

About 3 ounces mâche
2 Bibb lettuces (about ¼ pound each)
2 t

Starter
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Trim rootlets from mâche. Gently dunk leaves up and down in lukewarm water, then lift out. Repeat until no grit remains. Pat dry on soft, thick towel. Separate Bibb lettuce leaves, rinse, and spin-dry, then cut to suit. Combine mâche and Bibb in a serving bowl. Do not refrigerate.
In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, salt, sugar, nutmeg, and tarragon. Combine