GRILLED BABY GEM LETTUCE IN ORANGE SAUCE
Total Time
COOKS IN 15 MINS
This recipe comes from Advant Garde Vegan, Gaz Oakley’s new cookbook Plants-Only Kitchen, out soon here.
Gas adds:
“Grilling is one of my favourite way to cook vegetables. It adds a great charred BBQ-style flavour to lettuce. The lovely hot citrus flavour of the orange sauce cuts through the sweetness of the lettuces and complements them so well”.
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
4 Baby Gem lettuces, halved
for the orange sauce
360ml (1½ cups) orange juice
thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger,
peeled and finely sliced
1 red chilli, finely sliced
3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
Directions
Add the sauce ingredients to a small saucepan placed over a low heat. Let the sauce bubble away for around 15 minutes, stirring every now and then until it has a thick glaze-like consistency.
Meanwhile, preheat your griddle pan over a high h eat and add the oil.
When hot, add the lettuces, cut-side down. Grill on both sides for 2 minutes.
I like to get a few charred lines on them; it adds extra flavour.
To serve, place your grilled lettuce onto a tray or platter and drizzle over plenty of the orange glaze.
Any leftover glaze can be stored in your fridge in a sealed container for up to 3 weeks.
