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Ingredients
- 1 Lettuce
- 1 as required Kitchen paper
- 1 suitable size to accomodate a head of lettuce Plastic bag
Method
- Hold the head of lettuce with the stalk side up.
- With the side your wrist, give a sharp whack to the base of the stalk!
- By doing so, the leaves will separate from the stalk.
- Hold the stalk between your fingers and twist.
- The central stalk is now removed.
- Wet a paper towel with water and lightly squeeze out the excess.
- Stuff the gap in the lettuce from the removed stalk with this damp ball.
- Put the lettuce into a plastic bag and store in the fridge.
- Remove outer leaves and use as you need.
- Make delicious salads, using a crispy and fresh lettuce.
- Take a look atfor 'How to tear lettuce leaves and enhance their flavour'.
