Cream of lettuce soup

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Boston lettuce
1 large Onion, finely sliced
2 ounces Butter
2 ounces All-purpose flour
6 tablespoons Clarified butter
4 Slices white bread, crusts removed, sliced into cubes
2 Cloves garlic, crushed and chopped to a pulp
16 ounces Milk
16 ounces Chicken stock
Freshly ground salt
Freshly ground white pepper

Directions

Thoroughly rinse lettuce and remove cores. Heat a soup tureen. Place lettuce leaves in a large, dry saucepan and cook over medium heat for 6 minutes. Into another pan on low heat, place butter, stir in onion, and let cook until soft. Stir in flour, making a roux. Cook 3 minutes while stirring. Stir milk into roux and half of the chicken stock.

Remove cooked lettuce from pot, puree in a blender and add to soup.

Add rest of chicken stock and cook while stirring for 7 minutes or until thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour 4 tb clarified butter into a small frypan and when heated, add cubes of bread, occassionally shaking pan to prevent them from getting too brown. Add another 2 tb clarified butter and garlic cloves. Drain garlic bread "croutons" on a paper towel. Place on heated serving dish. Strain lettuce soup through a sieve into soup tureen and serve at once with croutons.

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