Sardinian artichokes recipe: easy and tasteful

If you’re looking for a way to prepare Sardinian artichokes in an easy, fast and tasteful way, you’re in the right place.
Artichokes farming, in Sardinia, is diffused in the whole isle. Here you can find two variety of this vegetable: the one with thorns and the one without. The first kind are finest and more flashy, even if they’re of medium-small size and the more resilient to climate changes. This variety is often eaten raw, with pecorino scales, given them sweeter taste.

This recipe will be ready in 30 minutes and it will take 15 minutes of cooking.

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 5 Sardinian artichokes
• Ricotta chees 100 g
• 2 garlic cloves
• Parsley 40g
• Sardinian pecorino
• Olive oil 1 dl
• Lemon juice
• Salt
• White pepper

 

Preparation:

1. Clean the artichokes from them external leaves, stems and from the inside hay.
2. Clean careful with water and scald for 5 minutes in hot water with a little of lemon juice.
3. Leave in the pot just one of the five artichokes and let it cook for 10 minutes more, then dry it and chop it in a mixer with ricotta chees, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper, adding some oil.
4. Stuff the resting artichokes with this mixture and dredge with grated Sardinian pecorino.

 

Here you have your tasty recipe with Sardinian artichokes ready to serve.

As always we invite you to taste this and many other recipes right where they’re born, during your holidays in Sardinia.

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