Its heads have big leaves
with curly edges and a deep red colour.
Weight:
Its weight is ranging between 250 and 450 g.
Nutritional values:
Very poor in calories, it is a perfect and refreshing appetizer.
It has a good content in vitamins, minerals and trace elements,
in particular iodine, nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper. Like
all the other kind of lettuces, it is rich in “lactucarium”,
a lactiferous juice which has an analgesic, sedative and hypnotic
action: to strengthen their healthy effects, it is suggested to
eat lettuce salads in particular at dinner, because their sedative
action helps sleeping.
Canasta lettuce is furthermore a source of folic acid, an important
vitamin for blood cells reproduction.
Cooking suggestions:
It is suggested to eat Canasta lettuce raw in salads.
Alone or together with other kinds of salads, it is a tasty side
dish for meat or fish.
