Lettuce Salad
A historical recipe from Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen, by Janet Ross.
A historical recipe
Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen; or, How to cook vegetables, by Janet Ross. Project Gutenberg eBook #69370.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 5 ingredients
- one tablespoonful of pure olive oil
- one teaspoonful of mustard
- a teaspoonful of chopped taragon
- one saltspoonful of salt
- a saltspoonful of pepper
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Bell pepper
High in vitamin C · 83 mg per 100 g, 103% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
11 more authorised claims
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
- Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
- Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
- Vitamin C increases iron absorption.
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet
High in protein · 1.7 g per 100 g, 25% of the energy from protein
- Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Source of vitamin B6 · 0.4 mg per 100 g, 26% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal cysteine synthesis.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
7 more authorised claims
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal protein and glycogen metabolism.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal psychological function.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to normal red blood cell formation.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Vitamin B6 contributes to the regulation of hormonal activity.
Vitamin B6 is a vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. The body needs vitamin B6 for more than 100 enzyme reactions involved in metabolism. NIH fact sheet
Nutrients per 100 g of “Pepper, banana, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
Method
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- Use only the tender leaves, and let them stand in cold water until wanted.
- Wipe them quite dry, then break with the fingers into the following sauce: Two or three yolks of hard-boiled eggs beaten up with one tablespoonful of pure olive oil, salt and pepper to taste, two more tablespoonfuls of oil added gradually, and one of white wine vinegar, and one teaspoonful of mustard.
- Mix well and garnish the salad-bowl with nasturtium (Tropæolum) flowers.
- Lettuce Salad ‘alla Francese.’ Put the tender leaves of lettuce into cold water till wanted;
- then wipe them dry and stand them in circles in the salad-bowl.
- Sprinkle them with half a teaspoonful of chopped taragon, the same of chervil, of parsley and of chives, and pour the following sauce over them: mix in a cup one tablespoonful of pure olive oil, one saltspoonful of salt, and half a saltspoonful of pepper, stir well;
- add two more tablespoonfuls of oil, and one of vinegar (if liked add two drops of onion juice).
- The salad must not be mixed till wanted, and can be garnished with small radishes or nasturtium flowers.
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