EDIBLE FLOWERS

♡ Artichokes ♡

They are such cool veggies, they have their own self defense mechanism, the choke.

This part is not edible, if you try it you will have hundreds of tiny needle like daggers

in your mouth. Not pleasant. 

I have rarely had a bad artichoke...in fact the only bad part was the 

dum dums leaving part of the choke in my crepe. 

My grocery store was having a sale, 3 for $5 which is pretty great.

We decided to get them and try cooking them ourselves.

BAKED ARTICHOKES

Ingredients:

Artichokes (I used 3)

Parmesan Cheese

Chopped Garlic

Olive oil

Salt

Pepper

1/4 cup ofWater

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Wash the artichokes under cold water. 

Cut off the stems so they can stand straight up.

Time to trim the petal tips, take a pair of kitchen scissors

and take off the spiny tips until you reach the top.

Now, take a knife and slice off the top quarter so the insides show.

Spread apart the petals and place the artichokes in a baking dish, stem side down.

Smear LOTS of crushed garlic on top and in-between the petals.

Sprinkle on salt & pepper.

Take your parmesan and sprinkle it over the tops.

Then take some olive oil and drizzle it over the whole artichoke.

Take that 1/4 cup of water and put in on the bottom of your baking dish.

Cover with Aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour.

Once that hour has passed take them out of the oven and enjoy.

If you have never had an artichoke before here are some tips.

Pull the petals off one by one, work your way form the outside to the inside.

Use your teeth to remove the meaty part of the petal, the bottom part...although

that top has lots of flavor so go ahead a suck off all that flavor.

Once you get to the center you will see the spines.

Take a knife and cut the spines out, you will be left with the heart.

You can eat the entire heart, its soooooo good.

5 out of 5 stars

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Taste Testers

LAUREN: So time consuming but so worth it. That top layer was soooo flavorful and delicious. 

CJ: I loved the crispy cheesy garlicy layer on top  Artichokes make you work for it, but they were delicious.