Brisbane Daily Photo : Arty chokes

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; July 23, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Carola said...: Picture perfect! Nice play with the title.; July 24, 2011 at 1:40 AM
Rae Walter said...: Love the capture Cara. If you do cook any let us know how they turnkrendot out.; July 24, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Rae Walter said...: that should read "turned out"!; July 24, 2011 at 10:08 AM
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?; July 24, 2011 at 11:26 AM
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!; July 25, 2011 at 1:14 PM
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!; July 26, 2011 at 7:39 AM