Lettuce and Lovage Soup

The Herbfarm Cookbook 200 Herb-Inspired Recipes, Plus a Complete Guide to Growing, Handling, and Cooking with Fresh Herbs by Jerry Traunfeld
Cookbook 22, Recipe 2 (Total 47)

This was a surprisingly light soup. I thought the soup would be a bit on the slimy side - it wasn't at all. I've wondered about lettuce soup for a long time. It's one of those recips that appears in old cookbooks as well.

Did I like it? Yes - It should have been accompanied by little cucumber sandwiches and a glass of champagne.

Recipe: In a large pot melt 4T butter, add 1 large chopped leek and 1 chopped garlic clove - cook until leeks are soft. Add 4 cups of homemade chicken stock and 1 tsp salt. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add 1 head of lettuce (recipe calls for Romaine - I used a large head of bibb from the Farmers Market). Simmer for 5 minutes. Add 2T chopped lovage and puree. Add salt/pepper to taste. Garnish with chive blossoms.