1- Finely chop your leek on your cutting board.
2- In your casserole, melt your butter then add your chopped leek and cook gently for 3 or 4 minutes.
3- On your cutting board, finely chop your lettuce leaves while keeping 3 beautiful leaves for decoration and add them to your wilted leek, cook gently for 5 minutes, salt and pepper.
4- Then moisten with your milk, add the veal bones, salt a little and add a bit of thyme flowers, cook for 20 minutes at a gentle boil, making sure it doesn't stick to the bottom.
5- Then remove your bones and blend the whole mixture well then add the cream and let cook until it reaches the consistency of a cream.
6- Serve in beautiful shallow bowls with some raw lettuce chiffonade on top and separately some small diced croutons fried or pan-fried in butter.
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