Artichokes are probably my favorite vegetable. The artichoke is the flower of a thistle and it is a product of southern Europe and the Mediterranean. It is the veggie with the highest antioxidant content. In this area mostly you find the largest type of artichokes. You can boil or broil them and then eat the lower part of the leaves, one leaf at a time until you get to the heart. I particularly like the small ones for stews, as a side dish, on the grill, with clams in green sauce, etc. The only inconvenience buying fresh artichokes and not frozen artichoke hearts is the cleaning until you get to the heart.
In this particular recipe I use frozen artichokes from "Trader Joe's" and serrano ham from www.latienda.com I hope in a couple of months we can get fresh artichokes at the Just Local Foods co-op.
Ingredients:
1 Package of Frozen Artichokes Hearts
Flour to dust the artichokes
Serrano Ham or Virginia Ham
1/4 Cup Olive Oil or just enough to cover the bottom of the pan
Salt
Dust the artichokes in flour. In a pan, heat the olive oil and then add the artichokes. When they become golden brown, remove them from the pan and let them rest on paper towel. In the meantime in another pan we cook the serrano ham cut in little strings or cubes with no oil until they become crispy. We arrange the artichokes on a plate and we top them with the ham. This dish could work as a tapa or as a side dish.
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