My Nonna's Stuffed Artichokes
My Nonna's Stuffed Artichokes

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, my nonna's stuffed artichokes. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Clean the artichokes by removing the harder outer leaves, trim and unpeel the stem and cut the top part of the leaves as they may have thorns. The remaining leaves should be pale green. Wash and drain the artichokes well.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook my nonna's stuffed artichokes using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make My Nonna's Stuffed Artichokes:
  1. Take 6 raw medium to large artichokes
  2. Take 1 lb Italian seasoned bread crumbs
  3. Prepare 1/2 lb locatelli pecorino Romano cheese grated fine
  4. Prepare 12 cloves garlic finely chopped
  5. Prepare 1/4 cup Mrs. Dash original or Italian seasoning of your choice
  6. Make ready Olive oil
  7. Get 10 fresh basil leaves
  8. Prepare Water

Peel away outer skin of stems so that it is fresh all around. These Italian stuffed artichokes are made with simple pantry ingredients and result in the most comforting, crowd-pleasing side dish recipe. You know those recipes you make that immediately transport you to another time, perhaps another kitchen or another place? Stuffed artichokes are a perfect artichoke appetizer!

Instructions to make My Nonna's Stuffed Artichokes:
  1. In a large bowl combine bread crumbs, cheese, garlic and Mrs. Dash.
  2. Add olive oil enough to stuffing mixture to make it just sticky enough to pinch into bunches between your thumb and index and middle fingers.
  3. Cut the tops and stems off the artichokes. Remove any small leaves off the bottoms and using kitchen sheers square each of the leaves tops.
  4. Stuff each artichokes leaves starting from the outside into the middle ensuring you put stuffing in each leave.
  5. In a large deep dish skillet put two table spoons of oil about an inch of water and the basil leaves ripped to release the flavor.
  6. Put the artichokes in the skillet and cover. On a low flame steam them for three hours ensuring you maintain the water level in the pot.
  7. Let cool to taste then peel off each leaf and scrape the meat and stuffing between your teeth and discard used leaves. When you get to the center remove the choke with a fork and eat the heart at the bottom.

Have you ever had stuffed artichokes? If you are making artichokes for company and want to make an impression, try stuffing and baking them. Everyone knows that before you stuff and roast an artichoke, you have to boil it first. I know this, and have used this accepted technique many times. However, somewhere deep in the memory banks were vague recollections of a stuffed artichoke appetizer that the chef claimed had been roasted raw.

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