Please pass the butter…
I’m in love with this vegetable…just look at it! Isn’t it beautiful?
To think that something high in potassium, calcium and iron can also be this beautiful!
My husband learned a great trick for cooking these pretties on his fishing trip. The Canadian chef they met cuts them in half before cooking.
It cuts the cooking time to about 20 minutes and the end result is a beautiful vegetable ready for the table…
Yummm, please pass the butter (or do you prefer mayonnaise?)
Another little trick the chef used was to pan fry the artichokes (cut side down) in a bit of olive oil before serving.
My husband loves them this way but I prefer dipping the leaves in a ramekin of melted butter.
Bitsy LOVES a bite or two of artichoke heart dipped in butter. Chelsea doesn’t care for them. Mooch sides with Chelsea on this one.
Hugs,
Anne
28 Comments
Lynda
Yummy, indeed! I grew up in the 50s and 60s just south of San Francisco, and our house was built on land that had formerly been artichoke fields, so the ‘chokes grew in our backyard in that great soil. (So did anything else we planted – strawberries, tomatoes, spuds, blackberries, flowers galore.) We were a mayonnaise family, and although I’ve tried other things on my ‘chokes, I’ve never liked anything but mayo.
Love all the cooking tips people have added. Wonderful post, Anne, and lovely pictures.
Sue Tokash
Love artichokes with oil, with butter, in box with a fox, I would eat them here or there, I would eat them anywhere! But my favorite is on a grilled pizza with a few hunks of fresh tomatoes, no sauce, just good olive oil, lots of garlic and really good mozzarella. They are also surprisingly easy to grow. I have a few growing in the flower garden because they are unique plants. Everyone is surprised to find out they are artichokes.
Happy Eating,
~Sue
Jean
I, like many of the others, have to have mayo with mine. I cut off the bottom, slice a little off the top and then use kitchen shears to trim off each tip of the “leaves” so there are no thorns. I rinse them good, put them in a casserole dish with a little water, cover it with plastic wrap and microwave them. It depends on the size but maybe 5 minutes for two average size ones or 9 minutes for the big ones. You have to experiment. So yummy!! I also like hot artichoke dip. Double yummy!!!