As The Week of Eating In hits hump day, I thought I would share an easy to prepare vegetable, one I've loved since the day I was first introduced to it: the artichoke. In this video, Michele Knaus shares some great tips how to prepare an artichoke for simple (and delightful) eating.
After steaming, just peel a leaf and lightly dip the meaty end in a side of melted butter with garlic or lemon and enjoy. Don't stop when you get to the heart - for that's the best part! And, if you're feeling adventurous, watch Michele make a favorite of hers: Artichoke Pesto. Either one celebrates this wonderful green globe!
Originally posted on Cooking Up a Story.
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Serve with little ramekins of melted butter, or mayonnaise if you like that. To eat, peel and dip the leaves one at a time until you get down to the end. You eat the tender bottom part and throw out the hard leaf. Then pull out the last clump of leaves, and eat the bottoms. Scoop out the fuzzy part with a spoon and discard. Eat the heart with the rest of the butter and enjoy!
(Make sure you have a big paper bag or other container for all the leaves at the table.)
Artichokes - the vegetable world's answer to McDoalds packaging...
We serve our chokes with mayonaise, either plain or with garlic.
I have even used that type of water to cook pasta for my nephew who won't eat veggies. I figure it absorbs a little extra nutrition as it cooks and he can't tell the difference. ; )
You're quite welcome, I am sure you will like the results with artichokes.
Living here on California's beautiful central coast where they grow these, I've been routinely preparing and eating them for years.
There are easier and more time intensive ways to prep, you really don't need a peeler or a grapefruit spoon. Just cut off the top about 1/4 of the way down and leave the choke part in there. It removes easily with a spoon after cooking when you are ready to eat the heart. Snipping off the thorny little ends one by one is nice for presentation, but unncessary. I never remove the stem either, just trim it.
Yummy!