Harris Teeter
has had lovely artichokes lately
so I'm doing the stuffed chokes again.
For a step by step,
see this post.
I really love this stuffing/dressing.
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My stuffing/dressing ingredients:
Italian parsley
mint
basil
2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and juiced
capers
2 garlic cloves
juice of one lemon
zest of one lemon
torn toasted bread pieces
olive oil
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To prepare the artichokes,
slice off the bottoms and tops,
pull off the bottom leaves,
and trim each leaf.
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Cut each choke in half.
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Cut in half again
and with a sharp knife,
slice between the fuzzy choke and the heart
.
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Twist knife to remove the choke and the purple leaves.
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I rubbed the artichoke quarters with lemon juice
then put them in acidulated water.
Bring to a simmer,
cover, and cook until leaves pull off easily -
about 50 minutes.
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Here's the stuffing/dressing mixture.
I added the toasted bread pieces
in at the very last.
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And here's my lunch.
A little melted butter and lemon juice for backup.
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I love all the flavors in this.
The stuffing/dressing is light
and full of flavors,
and you can taste every one.
It's very
green tasting.
Meantime,
Junior entertained himself with a cabbage leaf.
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Youngest Hawthorne and Junior
left Friday night for a weekend getaway.
Gosh, golly,
I miss Junior.
1 comment:
Junior's co cute.
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