Patina of Lettuce
Latin
aliter patina: tyrsum lactuce teres cum pipere liquamine careno aquam oleo; quoques; ouis obligabis; piper asparges et inferes.
English
Another patina: grind lettuce stalk with pepper, fish sauce, caroenum, water, and oil; cook it; bind it with eggs; sprinkle with pepper and serve.
Ingredients
- 500 g lettuce
- 30 ml defrutum
- 15 ml fish sauce
- 15 ml olive oil
- 5 eggs
- Pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160 C / 320 F
- Place the lettuce in a food processor and puree
- Put the lettuce puree in a saucepan along with the defrutum, fish sauce, olive olive, and a generous sprinkling of black pepper. Gently bring to a simmer, and cook for a few minutes. Remove from heat.
- Beat the eggs, and mix with the lettuce puree once cool enough to not scramble the eggs. Pour the mixture into a greased oven dish and cook for about 30 minutes, or until cooked through.