Its heads have a soft
and tender shape, with long, curly and light green leaves.
Weight:
The heads are ranging between 200 and 400 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 the renewal of blood cells.
Cooking suggestions:
It is suggested to eat lettuces raw in salads.
Alone or together with other kinds of salads, it is a tasty side
dish for meat or fish.
Thanks to its curly leaves, Lollo can be used to garnish dishes
of great aesthetic effect.
