Barbecue Lettuce & Leeks with Garlic Dressing

Name: Barbecue Lettuce & Leeks with Garlic Dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: zest and juice of 1 lemon; 6 heads baby gem lettuce, halved; 2 large leeks, washed thoroughly between the layers and halved lengthways; 1 tablespoon sweet paprika powder; ½ fresh chilli, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, grated; salt and pepper, to taste; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Celebrate

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2021

About

Lettuce is one of those ingredients that many people think you can only have in salads. I beg to differ and enjoyed a similar dish in Southern Spain when I lived there for 12 years. The garlic dressing just makes the dish here.

Ingredients

6 heads baby gem lettuce, halved
2 large leeks, washed thoroughly between the layers and halved lengthways

Europe
Spain
Starter
Gluten-free
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

Prepare and heat up the barbecue.

While waiting for the barbecue to heat up, make the dressing. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan (skillet) over a medium heat, then remove from the heat and add the remainder of the ingredients. They will infuse in the residual heat. Set aside.

Put the lettuce and the leeks, flat-side down first, on the barbecue and cook on both sides until nice