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Steamed Lettuce or Salad Greens

4 servings

Ingredients

• lettuce (as needed)
• water (a little)
• zwieback or flour (a little)
• butter (a little)
• salt (a little)
• nutmeg (a little)

Instructions

1. This recipe is also great for lettuce that is no longer perfectly fresh.
2. Pick it over thoroughly and wash it well in plenty of water.
3. Blanch it in boiling water, transfer to a colander, squeeze out the excess water, and chop finely.
4. Brown crushed zwieback or a little flour in butter, add a little boiling water, salt, and nutmeg, and finish steaming the lettuce in it.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.