Roasted Artichokes
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer/Snack
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
  • 2 artichokes
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 slice of lemon
  • 2 tblsp extra virgin olive oil
  • salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Prep the artichokes by fully removing the leaves surrounding the stem at the base of the artichoke and cutting the stem and top off of each artichoke. Then, trim the leaf tips of the outer leaves using a scissors.
  3. Place the artichokes in a large pot over high heat with 2 inches of water, the lemon slice and garlic cloves. Once the water starts to boil cover the pot, reduce heat to medium and let steam for 20 minutes.
  4. Remove the artichokes with tongs from the pot and transfer to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle 1 tblsp of extra virgin olive oil on each artichoke, sprinkle with salt and place in oven for 15 minutes.
  5. Remove from oven, break off each leaf one at a time and dig in.
Notes
If you're like me and had no idea how to eat an artichoke well, once it is cooked you remove each leaf which you can eat the white flesh part of the leaves by dragging the leaf through your teeth. Once you get to the prickly part of the artichoke, or the choke, you have to remove the prickly part and then the inner hearts are exposed and ready to eat.
Recipe by Kiss by Brooke at https://www.kissbybrooke.com/2017/04/24/roasted-artichokes/