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Barbecued Little Gems and spring onions with goat’s cheese
Barbecued Little Gems and spring onions with goat’s cheese
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I love cooked lettuce – braised in stock, wilted into a risotto, puréed in soups or, as here, subjected to the fierce heat of the grill. The lettuce softens deliciously, but forms a crisp, charred, pleasantly bitter outer surface. Combined with spring onions and some salty cheese, this makes a wonderful summer starter. If you don’t want to use a barbecue, you can achieve very similar results with a ridged griddle pan indoors – just be sure to get it good and hot.

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Prep time
  • 5 mins
Cook Time
  • 2 mins
Servings
  • 4
Ingredients
  • 4 Little Gem lettuce hearts, halved
  • 3–4 tablespoons olive or rapeseed oil
  • 12 spring onions, trimmed
  • 60–80g Ticklemore cheese, or other fairly hard, crumbly goat’s cheese
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Extra virgin olive or more rapeseed oil, to finish
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Directions

When your barbecue is ready for cooking, brush the cut side of
the lettuces with a little of the oil and place on the hot grill. After
a minute or so, turn them over. Put the spring onions, also brushed
with oil, on to the barbecue alongside the lettuce. When both are
nicely charred and slightly softened, divide them between 4 plates
and sprinkle with some salt and pepper.

Use a vegetable peeler to shave over the goat’s cheese – or, if it’s
a very crumbly type, crumble it. Trickle over a little oil and serve.

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