Best Chilled Lettuce Buttermilk Soup Recipes

CHILLED LETTUCE BUTTERMILK SOUP

Steps:

• Pour buttermilk and half-and-half into large bowl or saucepan.
• In a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter. Add onion, increase heat to medium-high and sauté until softened.
• Add garlic, stirring, and then lettuce strips. Sauté for about three minutes, stirring occasionally, until lettuce is wilted.
• Stir lettuce strips, parsley, dill and pea puree into buttermilk mixture, then blend with an immersion blender.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Chill at least three hours or overnight.
• To serve, ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle with dill.

CHILLED LETTUCE-BUTTERMILK SOUP

Steps:

• Pour buttermilk into large bowl or saucepan. In a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add shallots, increase heat to medium-high and sauté until softened. Remove from heat and add shallots to buttermilk, stirring thoroughly.
• Prepare the lettuce by stacking several leaves and rolling them up together. Slice each roll into thin strips.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of butter in the skillet and add lettuce strips. Sauté for about three minutes, until lettuce is wilted. Stir lettuce strips and parsley into buttermilk-shallot mixture, then blend with an immersion blender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chill at least three hours.
• To serve, ladle into chilled soup bowls and sprinkle with cayenne or paprika. Serves 4 to 6.