Italian Food Recipes

This is a typical Italian dish in particular of the central part of Italy. The recipe presented below is made of ham or salami, egg, Parmesan, loaf and milk in order to prepare the filling. There are many differents Italian ingredients that you can use to prepare the filling like Pecorino Romano (Italian Cheese) or anchovies used in the Neapolitan cooking. If you want cook a vegetarian dish dont'use the salmi or ham but only the cheese.

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
8 Artichokes
150 g of Ham or salami cutted into cubes
1 Egg
1 Loaf
100 ml of Milk
50 g of Parmesan
1 Lemon
30 g of Parsley
1 Clove of Garlic
Salt
Pepper


PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Bardolino Doc (Red Wine)

PREPARATION


Prepare a bowl with water and the juice of the lemon. Wash the artichokes, cut the stem (that you can use in the filling), the tips of the remaining leaves that are prickly and remove the tough outer leaves at the base. Then force the center leaves slightly open in the middle and place them in the bowl with water and lemon as shown in the picture below.


Place the loaf in a bowl with the milk in order to soften it.

Cut in small pieces the stems of artichokes. Prepare a chopped garlic and parsley, put it in a bowl, and add in it the loaf crumbled, the egg, the pieces of stems, the ham or salami, the parmesan, salt and pepper.

Mix all together and with this mixture fill the artichokes.

Place the stuffed artichokes in a pan with a drizzle of oil and some water and cook on a low flame for about 30 minutes.

This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!