Grilled Artichokes with Garlic Butter and Herb Salad
Try this recipe for Grilled Artichokes served with garlic butter and a herb salad.
Grilled artichokes is not something I do very often, I usually buy marinated ones that are great but sometimes it’s fun to use fresh ones. I tried to explain how to prepare the artichokes in the recipe below but if you have never done it before I found a step by step instruction with some pictures here.
In the herb salad you can use any herbs of micro greens you’ll like. I used swiss chard, mint, parsley and arugula in mine. A great idea is to just pick your favorites or if you’re lucky enough to have a garden you can just pick what’s in season. Now let’s get cooking.
Grilled Artichokes with Garlic Butter and Herb Salad
Serves 4 as an appetizer
4 fresh artichokes
2 lemons
salt, pepper
2 handfuls of mixed herbs
6 tbsp butter
1 clove of garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
Peel the stems of the artichokes and remove the outer leaves, cut away the top and soak the artichokes in cold water with a squeezed lemon. This is for keeping the artichokes from turning brown. Bring salted water to the boil and add the artichokes with another squeeze of lemon, let the simmer until they are cooked through. Remove from the water and let them cool off in room temperature.
Divide the artichokes and remove the center of the flower, be careful not to remove the bottom. Then cut each half in a few quarters depending on size. In a food processor mix butter, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper into a soft garlic butter. Rub the artichokes with the butter and grill them over high heat for a few minutes.
Arrange the artichokes on a plate with some fresh herbs, and some spoonfuls of the garlic butter, salt, olive oil and pepper. Serve.
