Saturday, July 23, 2011

Arty chokes


I haven't cooked with them before but they are very pretty to have hanging around the kitchen.  $3 each at the market this morning.

7 comments:

Pierre BOYER said...

Nice picture but it'snt my favorite dish...
Greetings from France,

Pierre

Carola said...

Picture perfect! Nice play with the title.

Rae Walter said...

Love the capture Cara. If you do cook any let us know how they turnkrendot out.

Rae Walter said...

that should read "turned out"!

Mrs Santa said...

I have artichokes growing - and have tried cooking them - a lot of work for very little quantity - or taste I thought - so just think of them now as interesting ornamentals. The flowers look great in a vase - fresh or dried!
How did yours turn out Cara?

cara said...

Well, after watching several youtube videos on how to prepare an artichoke (my recipe said sliced) I clumsily made my way through the preparation stage getting rid of the thistley bit in the middle and slicing the inner leaves and heart up. The dish was like a risotto but with risoni instead of rice. Initially I thought the flavour was going to be too sour but it mellowed in the cooking and I added some red capsicum and carrot to add sweetness to balance it out a bit. Also in there was white wine, rosemary, tomatoes, stock, onion, garlic and oregano... not bad!

Mrs Santa said...

That's the secret then - cooking them with lots of other stuff - I've only tried steaming them and then dipping each "petal" into melted butter and lemon - and then disgustingly sort of scraping the flesh off each with my teeth.
Not great!

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