{"id":3097,"date":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","slug":"recipe-lettuce-lovage-and-parsley-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2012\/06\/13\/recipe-lettuce-lovage-and-parsley-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe | Lettuce, lovage and parsley soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The rain pelted down as I cooked this, hence the addition of a thickening and warming potato.<\/p>\n

Today the sun is out and I am eating it cold and, while delicious, it seems rather too thick and heavy.<\/p>\n

So, sunny day = no potato, rainy day = potato. Oh and if you can’t find\/hate lovage, substitute with 100g watercress – you’ll need to separate leaves from stalks and add the stalks with the lettuce.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Serves 4-6
\n<\/span>1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
\n1 clove of garlic, peeled and sliced
\n1 medium potato, peeled and diced (optional)
\n1 head of lettuce – about 500g, sliced
\n1 litre hot chicken or vegetable stock
\n50g lovage leaves
\n50g parsley
\n25g butter
\nSalt and pepper
\nOlive oil<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

– Heat a little oil in a large saucepan and add the onion. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook until soft – about 10 minutes. Bung in the garlic, spuds, and a good splosh of water, cover and cook for 10 minutes until the potatoes are thinking about being cooked.<\/p>\n

– Throw in the lettuce and stir over a medium heat for a couple of minutes until wilted, then add the stock. Bring to a boil and add the lovage, parsley, and butter. Simmer for one minute, then blend until smooth. Pass through a sieve if going for a clean green number, otherwise just check for seasoning and serve.<\/p>\n

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The rain pelted down as I cooked this, hence the addition of a thickening and warming potato. Today the sun is out and I am eating it cold and, while delicious, it seems rather too thick and heavy. So, sunny day = no potato, rainy day = potato. Oh and if you can’t find\/hate lovage, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1127,1128,483,485,580,725,754,755],"class_list":["post-3097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-chilled","tag-lettuce","tag-lovage","tag-lunch","tag-parsley","tag-soup","tag-summer-recipes","tag-summer-starters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-NX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}