Globe Artichokes

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

Can anyone give me a tutorial on how to prepare globe artichokes? I know

that you have to remove the 'choke', but do I get to it by chopping off the

bottom and scooping it out or do I go in from the centre of the leaves etc. I

really do not have a clue about what to do. Any advice would be greatly

appreciated.

 

regards,

Chris

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

C259s wrote:

> Hi Marie,

>

> Thanks for the link to the website. That will be very helpful when I want to

> prepare artichoke hearts. I was actually wanting to know how to prepare the

> artichoke for cooking 'whole' so that the leaves can be dipped in sauce/butter

> as described at the beginning of the website article.

>

>

Just wash them well, cut the leaf-tips off if you want (it isn't really

necessary) and

simmer/steam them in a little water, covered.. The cookedchoke lifts

out easily, usually

whole, when you get that far in. And if a bit is left behind, it can

be scooped out easily

with a spoon.

 

Simple. . .which means you can concentrate on making the hollandaise

sauce.

 

Just don't serve wine with artichokes; they contain a chemical that

tends to make even a dry

one taste cloyingly sweet. I've heard there are a very few wines that

don't react that way

with artichokes, but I don't know if that's true, or what they are. .

..and since I no longer drink,

I can't go test 'em for ya. So: Iced tea with artichokes. Remember,

it's the house wine of

the Midwest.

 

Rain

@@@@

\\\\\

[Guest guest]

here is a wonderful u-tube

demonstration on preparing the artichoke

she uses scissors to cut the leaves

i just use a very sharp knife and cut them all at once

on a cutting board

 

http://utube.smashits.com/video/vTmLBRLRjS8/Prepping-Artichokes.html

 

 

 

Linda in Tennessee

 

 

 

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:46 AM, <C259s wrote:

 

> Hi,

>

> Can anyone give me a tutorial on how to prepare globe artichokes? I know

> that you have to remove the 'choke', but do I get to it by chopping off the

> bottom and scooping it out or do I go in from the centre of the leaves etc.

> I

> really do not have a clue about what to do. Any advice would be greatly

> appreciated.

>

> regards,

> Chris

>

>

>