Green oak lettuce.

Green oak lettuce has soft, ruffled leaves shaped a little like oak leaves. The taste is mild and slightly sweet, with no bitterness, and the leaves are tender enough to eat without any chewing effort. It is an easy lettuce to like, and a good first choice for a family salad.

Ways to use it

• Tear the leaves by hand and toss with a light dressing of lime juice, oil and a pinch of salt.
• Lay whole leaves in sandwiches and burgers, where they add a soft layer rather than a hard crunch.
• Use the larger leaves as cups for minced chicken, pork or tofu with herbs.
• Serve alongside grilled fish or chicken with sliced cucumber and tomato.
• Dress it at the last moment, because tender leaves wilt quickly once oil touches them.

Storing it

Lettuce keeps best cold and humid. Leave the head unwashed, place it in a container lined with paper towels and keep it in the fridge drawer. Wash the leaves just before use by swishing them in a bowl of clean water, then rinsing under running water. Tender lettuces grow most easily in the cool months, so size and supply can change in the rains.

Where it comes from

Grown to certified organic standards. The certificate for each lot is shown when you trace your pack.

Every pack will carry a lot code. Enter it on the Trace your pack page and you will see the farms in that lot, the harvest date and the certificate.