Corn salad Coquille de Louviers

The Louviers Shell Lettuce is a traditional early variety that is very cold-resistant. It offers round, spoon-shaped leaves in a beautiful bright green. Sow from August to October for a harvest from autumn to the end of winter.

Lettuce is a small salad with rounded leaves grouped in rosettes. It is THE small salad of autumn and winter, although some varieties called "all-season" can be sown and harvested throughout the year. Varieties with large seeds have larger leaves but are less cold-resistant than those with small seeds.

Lettuce belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family (like Honeysuckle) and grows wild throughout Europe, to the point where it is sometimes considered a "weed."

This small salad is mainly consumed raw, alone or accompanied, for example, with kiwi and avocado or beetroot, but it can also be cooked, like spinach. Its nutritional value is remarkable; it is low in calories but particularly rich in vitamin C (three times more than lettuce), vitamin E, and beta-carotene.

Cultivating lettuce is easy, but the sowing must be done in firm soil, and it is important to ensure that it remains moist.

Harvest: Lettuce is harvested as needed by cutting the rosette just above the collar with a knife.

Storage: It can be stored for a few days in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator.

Gardener's tip: If you belong to the category of gardeners who tolerate a bit of disorder even in the vegetable garden, don't hesitate to let some rosettes go to seed in the spring. They will self-seed and provide you with some greenery on your plate without any cost or effort!