A mouthwatering side dish that is quick to prepare and also suitable for dieters, substituting cheese with capers and reducing the amount of oil.

Stewed Lettuce

  • Preparation time: 30 minutes
  • Ingredients for 4-6 servings
  • Difficulty: Easy recipe

  • Ingredients
  • 4 heads of romaine lettuce
  • 100 gr of Pecorino Romano cheese
  • 100 gr of pitted small Gaeta black olives
  • Extra-virgin olive oil to taste
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  1. Instructions
  2. Remove the outer leaves from the lettuce. Wash the lettuce well and cut it into four pieces lengthwise.
  3. Place them in a large pan greased with oil, season with salt, pepper. Stuff them with olives and slices of Pecorino Romano cheese.
  4. Place the pan on the stove, cover with a lid and stew over medium heat for about fifteen minutes.
  5. Cook for another five minutes without a lid to allow the vegetable water to shrink. Serve warm.

Tips to ensure the success of the dish:

  • The outer leaves, of course, don’t be thrown away. I cut them into julienne strips and either eat them raw in salads or make a frittata with them. The recipe for frittata is here.
  • If you don’t like Pecorino cheese you can replace it with a few capers and julienned sun-dried tomatoes.