Italian Food Recipes

The main ingredient of this Italian recipe is artichoke; they are fruits typical of the winter period that are light and with a good taste, ideal for the preparation of any type of recipes. Here I show you the simple recipe of an appetizers made with artichokes, capers and black olive. The best type of artichokes to use for the preparation of this recipe are that with spines because they are more tender and they need less time to cook, before use them you should carefully remove the spines and the inner spiny part; in addition to not turn black the artichokes place them in a bowl with water and lemon juice. The preparation of this recipe is simple and fast, takes only 30 minutes to obtain a delicious appetizer but you can serve this recipe also as a good side dish. The others important ingredients use for this recipes are capers, parsley, black olive and breadcrumbs: capers, parsley and black olive give a spicy taste to the artichokes whereas the presence of breadcrumbs allow you to obtain crunchy artichokes.


INGREDINETS (for 4- 6 people):
4 Artichokes
4 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
20 g of Capers
20 Black Olive
30 g of Breadcrumbs
40 g of Parsley
1 Clove of garlic
1 Lemon
Salt

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Bardolino Doc (Red Wine)

PREPARATION
Clean the artichokes, cut the stems and peel them in order to obtain only the inner and more tender part, remove the hardest external leafs and cut the artichokes in four sections. Place the artichokes in a bowl with water and the lemon juice; this step is necessary to not turn black the artichokes during the preparation.

Preheat the extra virgin olive oil in a pan, place in it the clove of garlic and let it golden, then drain the artichokes and add them to the pan.

Let the artichokes brown for about five minutes then add a glass of water, cover with a lid and continue to cook for about 10 – 15 minutes. In the meantime prepare a chopped of parsley and capers.


After this time add the chopped to the artichokes, sprinkle with some salt and black pepper and let the artichokes flavour for 5 minutes,

then add the black olive and mix all together.

When the artichokes are ready before end the cooking sprinkle them with the breadcrumbs,

cook for about 3 – 4 minutes and then they are ready.
Serve them hot.
This is the result:


BUON APPETITO!