What is the best way to cook artichokes and eggplant for a vegetarian Italian dish? What are the best parts of the artichoke to use?
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What is the best way to cook artichokes and eggplant for a vegetarian Italian dish? What are the best parts of the artichoke to use?
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As for the best.......depends on your taste. I love the flesh from the base of the leaves just as much as I love the hearts. But the heart is considered the "prime real estate" of the artichoke world.
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/pasta-alla-norma/- (eggplant parm is usually a crowd pleaser as well)
Did you buy whole, raw artichokes? or marinated hearts? or Jerusalem artichokes etc. If you have large raw artichokes, you might make some stuffed artichokes with homemade breadcrumbs which you sautee w garlic, oil, and herbs and then toss with some good grated parmesan cheese and then stuff into the trimmed artichokes and steam or simmer . . . You can serve with a garlic-oil dipping sauce as well--
Lately I have seen artichokes everywhere and I think, depending on what kind you have or want to use, you can really prepare them a million ways- crispy fried artichoke leaves with aioli sounds great to me, and then you can do something different with the hearts! Enjoy!