How to cook artichokes
You will need - a kilogram of artichokes, water.
Instructions
1. Wash artichokes, remove tough leaves, cut off dark spots and hard parts of the pods.
2. Put the artichokes in a saucepan, pour in the water so that it covers the artichokes.
3. Salt water, put the pan on fire.
4. Put the saucepan on high heat, then reduce heat.
5. Cook the artichokes for 20 minutes.
6. Place artichokes on a plate with a slotted spoon, use in recipes.
Fusofacts
- Serve artichokes with sauce: at least olive oil and lemon juice.- Cook artichokes in an enamel saucepan or a Teflon-lined saucepan to prevent darkening.
- Check the boiled artichoke for readiness simply - pierce the artichoke with a toothpick or skewer and if it enters without effort, then the artichoke is cooked.
- When cooking artichokes, you can add lemon juice, grape or table vinegar.
- After boiling, the artichokes must be removed hairy part... The soft leaves and pulp of the artichoke pod are suitable for consumption, the hard leaves must be removed.
- Calorie content artichokes - 28 kcal / 100 grams, boiled artichokes are considered a low-calorie delicacy.
- Weight 1 artichoke - 200-350 grams.
- To choose fresh artichokes, just look and touch them: fresh artichokes with dense leaves filled with juice, the fruit itself is weighty, without a hint of dryness.
- Artichokes darken when cut. To warn darkening, you can pre-soak artichokes in a solution of juice of 1 lemon.