Lettuce - Certified Organic

A whole head of certified organic lettuce. Depending on what's best that week, you'll get either a butter lettuce or a mini cos.

Spring in the Northern Rivers means salads are back on the table, eaten outside while the light lasts.

Butter lettuce has soft, tender leaves with a mild, almost sweet flavour. Mini cos is crisp and crunchy, with all the snap of a big cos in a size that won't go to waste.

With the weather warming up, it's salad season again.

In the kitchen

• Tossed simply with olive oil, lemon and salt
• Used as lettuce cups for mince, prawns or tofu
• Cos halved and grilled with a creamy dressing
• Layered into burgers and sandwiches

How to prepare

Separate the leaves, wash in cold water and spin or pat completely dry so the dressing sticks.

Spring recipe: Lettuce cups with chilli lime mince

Stir-fry chicken or pork mince with garlic, ginger and chilli, then add fish sauce, lime juice and a pinch of sugar. Spoon into crisp lettuce leaves and top with mint, coriander and crushed peanuts.

How to store

Wrap it in a damp tea towel or keep it in a container in the crisper. It will stay fresh for about a week.

Sold whole, per head.