Buttermilk lettuce soup

Ingredients:

1 litre buttermilk

1 Romaine lettuce diced

I onion diced

1 carrot diced

1 tbls flour

1 big piece of bacon chopped

1 tbls oil

salt and pepper

vinegar to serve

 

Method:

Step 1

On medium heat add 1 tbls of oil into a hot pot and fry the bacon.

When the bacon turns crisp add the onions and carrots. Keep stirring until the onion becomes translucent.

At this point add 4 cups of hot water. It must be hot water, not cold. Let this water come to a boil.

 

Step 2

Once the water starts to boils add the lettuce all at once. Wait until the soup comes to a boil.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

 

Step 3

Mix the flour with a little water. Whisk the buttermilk to this mixture a little at a time until all the buttermilk is incorporated.

Pour the buttermilk mixture into the boiling soup and let it boil for a further 3 minutes. The buttermilk lettuce soup is now ready. It’s that simple.

 

To serve:

Serve it hot on a cold wintry weekend with a few drops of white vinegar. The vinegar tones down the sourness of the buttermilk.