Lettuce cream soup

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 2 heads of lettuce (lettuce)
• 3 shallots
• 150 g butter
• 750 ml vegetable stock
• 800 g crème fraîche
• 1 box of cress
• 2 tbsp lime juice or lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• nutmeg

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

vegetarian

Dice the shallots and sauté in about 30g of butter. Wash the lettuce and set the lettuce hearts aside. Add the lettuce leaves to the shallots and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Then puree in a blender, add the crème fraîche, season with salt, and simmer for 10 minutes. Cut the lettuce hearts into strips. Remove the soup from the heat and whisk in the remaining cold butter in pieces. Season to taste with lime juice, salt, pepper, and nutmeg, add the lettuce hearts, and sprinkle the soup with cress before serving.