Hard to imagine, but some nicely sauteed and steamed artichokes, dipped in some garlic butter, are now one of their favorite things!
So here's how I make them:
Cut the tops of the chokes and snip off any remaining 'pokies' on the leaves.
Now cut them in half and scoop out the 'fur' - this is relatively easy, but also not entirely necessary. I do it to avoid any unnecessary fur consumption later.
Melt some butter in a pan and add some fresh garlic. Heat enough to get the garlic infused into the butter and add the artichokes.
Saute for about 5 minutes on each side.
Add some water and cover and steam until artichokes are tender (15 - 20 minutes).
Melt some additional butter with garlic for dipping.
To eat, simply peel leaves off one by one and scrap out the small amount of 'meat' at the base of the leaf - this portion of the leaf can be dipped into the garlic butter (or mayo or a mustard sauce) before 'scrapping'.
The kids love these, and even the youngest, at only 2 years old, knows how to scrape out the 'meat' without eating the rest of the leaf.
Here's the stack of discarded leaves from just my two older yahoos!
Cut the tops of the chokes and snip off any remaining 'pokies' on the leaves.
Now cut them in half and scoop out the 'fur' - this is relatively easy, but also not entirely necessary. I do it to avoid any unnecessary fur consumption later.
Melt some butter in a pan and add some fresh garlic. Heat enough to get the garlic infused into the butter and add the artichokes.
Saute for about 5 minutes on each side.
Add some water and cover and steam until artichokes are tender (15 - 20 minutes).
Melt some additional butter with garlic for dipping.To eat, simply peel leaves off one by one and scrap out the small amount of 'meat' at the base of the leaf - this portion of the leaf can be dipped into the garlic butter (or mayo or a mustard sauce) before 'scrapping'.
The kids love these, and even the youngest, at only 2 years old, knows how to scrape out the 'meat' without eating the rest of the leaf.
Here's the stack of discarded leaves from just my two older yahoos!
Enjoy!
