Lamb’s lettuce, langoustine and foaming orange butter salad

Simple vegetables recipes for everyone

Type

  • Serves: 4
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation time: 15 min
  • Cooking time:

Ingredient

  • 200 g butter
  • 500 g lamb’s lettuce
  • Juice of 4 oranges
  • Zest of 4 oranges, finely grated
  • 4 large langoustine tails
  • 100 g celeriac
  • 100 g cooked beetroot
  • 8/10 coriander seeds
  • Salt, pepper
  • 200 ml olive oil
  • 50 ml balsamic vinegar
Lamb’s lettuce, langoustine and foaming orange butter salad

Recipe

  • Preparation Pick over and wash the lamb’s lettuce leaves.
  • Dice the celeriac and beetroot.
  • Blanch in lightly salted water with a squeeze of lemon juice for one minute, drain and refresh.
  • Combine the lamb’s lettuce, diced beetroot, crushed coriander seeds, salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar in a large salad bowl.
  • Quickly sauté the langoustine tails in a heavy saucepan in very hot olive oil just long enough to brown them. Season and set aside.
  • Pour away the oil in the pan and deglaze with the orange juice; leave to reduce by half and whisk the remainder with the butter, whipped into a soft, creamy consistency. Arrange the prepared ingredients on the plate and pour the sauce over.

Tip

Add some finely chopped garlic to enhance the flavour.