Baby Artichokes and Almonds

Submitted by TammieV

"I played with this side dish til I had all the elements I like. You could even toss in linguine and chicken and have a complete entree."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 12 baby artichokes
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 2 tablespoons blanched almonds
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Peel artichokes down to softer inner leaves cut off bottom stem and dark greeen top, slice in half.
2. They will turn a little brown.
3. But do not worry.
4. The color goes away when they cook.
5. Throw in 5 quart pot add 4 qts water, 2 Tbl salt and lemon juice bring to boil, cook 4 minutes more.
6. Drain.
7. Heat skillet with oil add garlic and almonds, stir a few seconds.
8. Add artichokes.
9. Sprinkle salt, saute 5 minutes.
10. Place in serving bowl, sprinkle parmigan cheese on top.
11. Serve.

Reviews

[NM Patricia]

This is a difficult one to rate. I didn't follow the recipe exactly because it just didn't sound very exciting. However, the three stars come with what happened with the artichokes. They definitely did not get soft in 4 minutes of boiling water (and I know it was boiling). They also turned brown and stayed brown. I tried the suggestion with tossing it with linguine and chicken. That made a nice dish. The parmeasn (or romano because that is what I had in the freezer) gave it a nice flavor. Nice dish except for the very, very firm artichokes!