Chilled Creamy Lettuce Soup
Servings 210
Ingredients
- 1 head lettuce
- 200 ml heavy cream
- 100 ml vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 pieces yellow petit potatoes (about the size of an egg)
- ½ bulb yellow onion,finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Cook two small yellow potatoes in the boiling water until done. Peel the potatoes and use a spoon to smash them.
- Coarsely chop the lettuce and set it aside for the next step.
- Heat 1 tablespoon unsalted butter on medium heat in a pot.
- When hot, add the garlic and minced onion until slightly brown.
- Add lettuce and stir until wilted.
- Add your vegetable broth and simmer uncovered for 1 minute.
- Transfer lettuce in batches to puree soup.
- Transfer back to the pot. Add heavy cream and mashed potatoes and stir until all heated.
- Let the soup cool down to room temperature, and then place it in the fridge to chill out.
- When serving, add croutons as topping and season with black pepper. If you use unsalted broth,add some salt to taste.