{"id":3097,"date":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T11:47:01","slug":"recipe-lettuce-lovage-and-parsley-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2012\/06\/13\/recipe-lettuce-lovage-and-parsley-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe | Lettuce, lovage and parsley soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_4631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3098\" title=\"IMG_4631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_4631-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_4631-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_4631-1024x706.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The rain pelted down as I cooked this, hence the addition of a thickening and warming potato.<\/p>\n<p>Today the sun is out and I am eating it cold and, while delicious, it seems rather too thick and heavy.<\/p>\n<p>So, sunny day = no potato, rainy day = potato. Oh and if you can&#8217;t find\/hate lovage, substitute with 100g watercress &#8211; you&#8217;ll need to separate leaves from stalks and add the stalks with the lettuce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Serves 4-6<br \/>\n<\/span>1 onion, peeled and finely chopped<br \/>\n1 clove of garlic, peeled and sliced<br \/>\n1 medium potato, peeled and diced (optional)<br \/>\n1 head of lettuce &#8211; about 500g, sliced<br \/>\n1 litre hot chicken or vegetable stock<br \/>\n50g lovage leaves<br \/>\n50g parsley<br \/>\n25g butter<br \/>\nSalt and pepper<br \/>\nOlive oil<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; Heat a little oil in a large saucepan and add the onion. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook until soft &#8211; about 10 minutes. Bung in the garlic, spuds, and a good splosh of water, cover and cook for 10 minutes until the potatoes are thinking about being cooked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; Throw in the lettuce and stir over a medium heat for a couple of minutes until wilted, then add the stock. Bring to a boil and add the lovage, parsley, and butter. Simmer for one minute, then blend until smooth. Pass through a sieve if going for a clean green number, otherwise just check for seasoning and serve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rain pelted down as I cooked this, hence the addition of a thickening and warming potato. Today the sun is out and I am eating it cold and, while delicious, it seems rather too thick and heavy. So, sunny day = no potato, rainy day = potato. Oh and if you can&#8217;t find\/hate lovage, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1127,1128,483,485,580,725,754,755],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-NX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}