Candied artichokes, delicious, ideal for making an aperitifvo. If you like artichokes, making them at home is good and very simple. They can be prepared in jars and always have them for when you feel like it.
You have to take advantage of the time of the artichokes, when they are at their best you have to take advantage of them since they are much better and cheaper.
All the candied artichokes they are very good, they are preserved in olive oil, their flavor is very good, also if you like them a lot and you want to make them varied, you can add spices, herbs or any flavor to the oil that you like.
candied artichokes
Author Montse
Recipe type: Aperitif
Rations: 4
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Ingredients
- 6-8 artichokes
- 1 lemon or parsley
- 350ml or a little more olive oil
- Pepper
- Sal Island
Preparation
- To make the candied artichokes, first we will put a bowl with water and the juice of half a lemon.
- We clean the artichokes removing all the hardest leaves until we reach the most tender, leaving the corners of the artichokes. We will cut them in half or in quarters and with a small spoon we will remove the hairs from the artichokes. We will put them in the water so they don't get ugly.
- If you have parsley, that's fine too.
- Put a saucepan with oil, drain the artichokes well and dry them. Put them face up in the saucepan, always being covered with the olive oil, add a little salt and pepper.
- Let it cook over very low heat, at about 60-80 º C for 40 minutes or an hour. It will depend on the artichoke.
- To know when they are prick an artichoke with a toothpick.
- When they are off and done.
- Store in glass jars covered with the same oil. We can freeze artichoke boats.