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Lactucas (Lettuce)
Lactucas (Lettuce) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a classic salad of lettuce leaves in a reduced wine, vinegar and fish sauce dressing. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Lettuce (Lactucas).
prep time
10 minutes
cook time
10 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : Sauce RecipesAncient Roman Recipes
Original Recipe
Lactucas cum oxyporio et aceto et modico liquamine.
Translation
Serve lettuce with
oxyporum, vinegar and a little liquamen.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
lettuce leaves
3 tbsp
oxyporum
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp fish sauce (
liquamen)
Method:
Whisk together the oxyproum, vinegar and fish sauce to make the dressing. Wash and dry the lettuce leaves, arrange in a salad bowl, pour over the dressing, toss to combine and serve.
If desired, you can garnish with a little coarsely-ground black pepper.
Find more recipes from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria, part of this site's Ancient Roman recipes collection.
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