Ingredients to make Lettuce Cream with Garnish Peas:
- 1 lettuce
- 1 onion
- 1 leek
- 50 grams of spinach
- 1 liter of water
- 100 grams of frozen peas
- 8 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 pitted black olives
- 4 canned white asparagus tips
- Salt
- Pepper
How to make Cream of Lettuce with Garnish Peas:
- We wash the spinach, the lettuce and the leek and coarsely chop all these vegetables.
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and fry the peeled and julienned onion (thin strips) in it.
- When the onion is transparent, add the lettuce, leek and spinach.
- Sauté for 2 minutes and moisten with 1 liter of water. Cook gently and continue for 20 minutes. Add a little salt and pepper.
- Crush with the help of a blender until you get a fine and uniform cream.
- Thaw the peas at room temperature.
- If the cream is too thick, you can add a little milk or water.
- At the time of serving, we accompany each dish with raw but thawed peas.
- A tip of canned white asparagus and a few pieces of pitted black olives.
- At the time of serving at the table, a trickle of extra virgin olive oil is added.