Artichokes Dip With Garlic Fresh Mint And Lemon Zest Food

ARTICHOKE & MINT DIP

Steps:

• Up to a day ahead, blitz the artichokes and their oil with the mint in a food processor until fairly smooth. Add crème fraîche, season, then briefly pulse. Add lemon juice. Tip into a small bowl, cover and chill.
• To serve, heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Tear the pittas into rough pieces and spread over a couple of baking sheets. Drizzle with oil and scatter over some sea salt. Bake for 7-10 mins until crisp.
• Set the bowl of dip on a large platter; add lemon wedge and mint. Surround with pitta pieces.

ARTICHOKES DIP WITH GARLIC, FRESH MINT AND LEMON ZEST

Steps:

• FIRST STEPSGrate the yellow skin of the lemon and conserve it into a box. Squeeze into a bowl the juice of the lemon. Add 3 cups of cold water into the same bowl. Now, discard the most leathery artichokes leaves, and peel the stems. Slice the artichokes into halves. Pour the artichokes into the bowl with water and lemon juice.
• STEWED ARTICHOKESPour 3 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and place over medium heat. Stir fry peeled and crushed cloves of garlic until golden brown. Now, add artichokes and stir fry a couple of minute over high heat. Finally, add 1 cup of cold water, cover the pan with a lid and cook 30 minutes over low heat until the artichokes are very tender.
• ARTICHOKES DIPWhen the artichokes are well cooked and very tender, blend them with a mixer along with garlic, mint leaves, black pepper, the lemon skin grated and 3 tbsp of olive oil and salt as needed. If the artichokes dip is too thick, add a little more of water and blend again. Finally, sift the sauce to eliminate the most tenacious part of the artichokes and obtain a consistent dip.

ROASTED ARTICHOKES WITH LEMON AIOLI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Using a sharp knife, cut 1 in. from top of each artichoke. Using kitchen scissors, cut off tips of outer leaves. Cut each artichoke lengthwise in half. With a spoon, carefully scrape and remove fuzzy center of artichokes. , Drizzle oil into a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Rub cut surfaces of artichokes with lemon half; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in pan, cut side down. Squeeze lemon juice over artichokes. Cover pan with foil; bake on a lower oven rack until tender and a leaf near the center pulls out easily, 50-55 minutes., Meanwhile, mix aioli ingredients; refrigerate until serving. Serve with artichokes.

FRESH ARTICHOKE DIP

Steps:

• 1. BOILING STEP: Fresh artichoke, lemon, minced garlic, salt, and bay leaf- Trim and clean fresh artichoke leaving stem on. Add two slices of lemon, 1 Tsp of minced garlic, salt, bay leaf, pinch of black pepper to boiling water. ( enough water to cover the whole artichoke in the pot) Also squeeze the rest of lemon juice in to water. Boil at a high simmer for 25-40 mins ..it very on time because of size of the artichoke. please watch vid of more tips. Fresh artichoke is done when you poke threw the stem with a knife. If needing tips on how to clean, prep and boil fresh artichoke go to the link below http://www.oceanmist.com/products/how-to-prepare/how-to-boil-an-artichoke.aspx To get the heart of the artichoke.Pull off outer petals, one at a time. You can scrape the white fleshy end with a spoon and use this for your dip. This is tedious part. Continue peeling until all of the petals are removed. With a knife or spoon, scrape out and discard the inedible fuzzy part (the "choke"). This fuzzy part covers the artichoke heart. The remaining bottom of the artichoke is the delicious and tender heart. Cut into pieces for this recipe. If skipping fresh boiling step just chop 14 oz jar of prepared artichoke set aside
• 2. Butter, onions, minced garlic- add butter to skillet and sauté onions and 1/2 T of minced garlic just until soft Pre heat oven at 400
• 3. In a mixing bowl add sour cream, mayo, parmesan cheese, dijon mustard, parsley, thyme, only 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese, saute onions and garlic, and prepared cooked artichokes. Mix well add to small baking dish top with remainder of mozzarella cheese.
• 4. bake at 400 for 10-12 mins then turn on broiler for an extra 5 mins until cheese is bubble and melted ( I serve with french bread and or chips & crackers )

LEMON BRAISED ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• Bring 1/2 cup each water and white wine, two 9-ounce packages frozen artichoke hearts, 3 wide strips lemon zest and 2 tablespoons each lemon juice and olive oil to a simmer in a large skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook, stirring halfway through, until the artichokes are tender, about 10 minutes. Uncover and add 2 minced garlic cloves and 2 tablespoons each olive oil and chopped parsley and mint. Cook, stirring, until the garlic softens, 1 to 2 more minutes.

DELICIOUS ARTICHOKE DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, stir together mayonnaise, sour cream, Parmesan cheese and onion. When these ingredients are combined, mix in artichoke hearts, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Transfer mixture to a shallow baking dish.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 20 minutes, or until light brown on top.

HOT LEMON ARTICHOKE DIP

Steps:

• In a 1-qt. microwave-safe serving bowl, combine the sour cream and mayonnaise. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1-2 minutes or until bubbly, stirring occasionally. , Stir in the brick cheese, artichokes, Parmesan cheese, lemon peel, garlic powder and pepper. Microwave on high for 3 minutes or until cheese is melted, stirring several times. Stir in parsley. Serve warm with crackers and vegetables.

BAKED ARTICHOKES WITH GARLIC AND LEMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the olive oil, basil, minced garlic, lemon zest and juice, sea salt and fresh cracked pepper in a bowl. Mix until it becomes a paste.
• With kitchen scissors, trim all the sharp ends off of each leaf. Wash the artichoke well in cool water. Slice down the center to form two halves.
• Clean out all the fuzzy hairs and smaller leaves with a spoon then immediately rub all the cut areas with the zested and juiced lemon.
• Coat the baking dish with olive oil.
• Rub the paste all over the artichoke halves and inside the leaves.
• Place each artichoke half top side down in a baking dish.
• Pour the stock in the dish and cover with a lid or tin foil.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until soft and tender.
• Be sure to let cool for a few minutes before digging in!

ARTICHOKE & LEMON DIP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender, then season with salt and pepper. Purée until fine, then scrape into a bowl. Sprinkle with extra pine nuts and the reserved parsley leaves to serve.