Crisp leaves of romaine lettuce are a vitamin bomb. This salad cultivar has the most vitamins and a high fiber content, so it can fill you up well and stimulate the intestines. It has a mildly sweet taste and you will surely love it.
Traditionally, use romaine lettuce leaves in cold dishes, but they can also be prepared hot. Besides a quick salad soup, you can mix it into cooked mashed potatoes, the firm lettuce leaves taste great when quickly grilled and can also be baked.
But you probably know it from the most popular recipe – Caesar salad. However, it does not originate from Italy, as you might think. The original recipe was invented by a chef named Cesare Cardini in the USA on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations in 1924. His original recipe was extremely simple – it contained only lettuce leaves, croutons from crustless white Italian bread, parmesan, Worcestershire sauce, and partially cooked eggs. Anchovies, chicken, or bacon, which we now find in recipes, were added much later.
