Monday, April 26, 2010

Grilled Artichokes with Lemon Aioli

Finally! After posting photos to Myspace and Facebook for about three years now, I stopped procrastinating and am now ready to have a site where I can post everything I eat, cook, bake, make and enjoy!

I will start off with my most favorite dish—ARTICHOKES! This is my favorite way to prepare them!

Grilled Artichokes

Ingredients:
artichoke(s)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 clove crushed or chopped garlic

Directions:
1. Cut the artichoke in half.



2. Remove the fuzzy centers and scratchy leaves.





3. Trim the outer leaves with scissors.





4. If you prefer, soak in lemon water until ready to cook.

5. Cook in a pot of salted water until tender, but not fully cooked. Approx. 30 minutes.



6. Drain and squeeze out the excess water.

If grilling:
Toss the artichokes with the olive oil and garlic. Grill artichokes until golden brown.

If pan frying (the method I am using):
Put olive oil and garlic in pan, place artichokes centers down. Cook artichokes on Med-High until golden brown, 10-15 minutes.






Lemon Aioli

Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 clove crushed or chopped garlic
1/2 lemon, juice and zest
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Stir everything.







ENJOY!

10 comments:

  1. this was my dinner last night and i LOVED it!

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  2. good! i'm glad that it turned out well!

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  3. next i'm definitely trying the pizza..i'm getting hungry looking at all this.

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  4. wow! i've never had artichokes this way im going to try it! it sounds very delicious...

    i steam mine for 60 minutes and then in a sautee pan i add two cloves of garlic chopped in sixes and then add two tablespoons of earth balance butter and 1/4 tblspoon of sea salt and simmer for 2 minutes before adding half a lemon for taste and simmer a few more minutes... it's very lemony, but i loveeee it!

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  5. I usually either boil or steam my artichoke for 60 minutes and eat it with lemon butter or garlic butter, it's the quickest and still very delicious. this way sounds super yummy though! I will have to try it...

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  6. im about to try mine in the steamer :D

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  7. I tried it the other day! I am posting it on my bloggity blog. So good! :D Great blog!

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  8. I made this today! So yummy! Thanks! :)

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  9. made this a while ago..im hooked!

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