It was an interesting experience... At first I wasn't really sure how to eat them, but I'd seen people on TV do it so I just went with that. To eat an artichoke leaf, you don't actually put the whole leaf in your mouth. You just kind of scrape the leave along your teeth to get the "meat" off, and then discard the leaf. It makes for a need finger food!
Anyway... The recipe!
Ingredients
4 fresh artichokes
1 lemon
2-3 tsp garlic powder.
Directions
- Wash the artichokes thoroughly before use. Snap off the stems and the leaves closest to the stem. Then, using scissors, snip off the spiky bits at the top of each leaf.
- Rub each artichoke with lemon juice and sprinkle with pepper and garlic powder.
- In a sauce pan, put about 2-3 inches of water in the bottom and set the artichokes in.
- Bring to a boil, then cover, reduce heat, and simmer for about 40-50 minutes. They're ready when you can pull a leaf off without issue.
- Drain artichokes and cool. Then, lightly separate inner leaves and scoop out "the choke". (Sidenote: I have no idea what this is. I guess I need to brush up on my artichoke anatomy. I left the "chokes" in. )
- Serve with garlic dip (recipe to follow!).
Garlic Dip
This recipe was paired with the artichoke recipe and makes a yummy semi-homemade dip.
Ingredients
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp sugar
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tbsp of onion, minced
1 cup Ranch dressing
Directions
- In a small sauce pan, add vinegar, water, sugar, garlic and onions and stir well.
- Simmer for 6 minutes and pour into a bowl.
- Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes to cool.
- Stir in ranch dressing.
This was a very simple recipe for a yummy dip! It keeps in the fridge for about a week.
Notes
Well... Not much to say here. My first artichoke experience was pretty interesting... I still have to figure out what the "choke" is, but whatever... Everything else tasted good!
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