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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Braised Lettuce Hearts with Tomato Sauce
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by:
Inez Rosenberg
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Braised Lettuce Hearts with Tomato Sauce Recipe is lettuce hearts cooked in stock with carrots and onions and then the hot stock is used to make a delicious and tasty sauce using butter, flour, tomato puree, sugar and lemon juice.
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INGREDIENTS
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4 firm lettuces
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5 oz thickly sliced bacon
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2 onions, sliced
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2 carrots, thinly sliced
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salt, pepper
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8 fl oz hot stock
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3/4 oz butter
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1 tablespoon flour
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1 tablespoon tomato puree
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sugar
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juice 1/2 lemon
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
Remove the outer leaves of the lettuces, and wash the lettuce hearts without taking them apart. Drain. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and simmer the lettuce hearts for 2
minutes. Remove from the pan and drain well. Cut into quarters lengthways, removing the hard stalk if necessary. Squeeze the excess liquid out of the lettuce quarters and press
them well together.
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2:
Line an ovenproof casserole with the bacon slices. Arrange the onions and carrots over the bacon, and place the lettuce quarters on top. Season, and pour on the stock. Cover the casserole and cook at 4oo°F for 15 minutes.
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3:
Take the casserole out of the oven and lift out the lettuce quarters, leaving behind as much liquid as possible. Drain them and arrange on a warmed dish. Remove the carrots,
onions and bacon, and place them round the lettuce quarters. Keep hot. Strain the cooking liquid through a sieve and keep it hot for making the sauce.
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4:
To make the sauce, melt the butter in a pan and sprinkle on the flour. Fry for 5 minutes, stirring, until lightly browned. Stir in the tomato puree and cook for a few more seconds.
Then stir in the strained cooking liquid. Season with salt, pepper, sugar and the lemon juice. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Taste, adjust seasoning if necessary, and pour the sauce over the lettuce hearts. Serve at once.
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