Fried artichokes (carciofi fritti) are damn fun. first because they make me think to a line like “fried atichoke at the bus stop“, which in turns makes me think to some old-fashioned Bmovie. secondly because of the frying: a bedrock in a chef’s skills’ set.
What you need (2 persons)
-4 artichokes
-1 small bag of baking power
-2 eggs
-flour, salt and nutmeg
-1 frying pan, a bowl
here we go! take the articokes and wash them. cut the stalk and pull the first hard leaves away. done that, cut the upper part of the leaves: basically, trimm the artichove. once cleaned up, put them in a little bowl with cold water. take the bowl, place 2 or 3 spoons ot flour, a teaspoon of salt, the two eggs (without shell!) and the baking power: mix together with a fork, and avoid lumps. (HINT! never put first the shelled eggs and only afterwards the the flour- which is a move also known as the lump curse; HINT! if the compound is not liquid enough add some tap water. ideally, the compound should be a little less dense than yoghurt). let rest for 10 mins. in the meanwhile, fill the frying pan with 1/2 cm of oil and bring it to boil. take the artichoves and dry them out with some kitchen paper. cut each of them in 4 cloves, dip them well into the compound and place them in the frying oil (HINT! the oil has to be frying: to check, drop a drop of compound in it, to see if it’s hot enough) . turn them around when they become gold brown, as to fry each side. once done that, take them out of the pan, and dry them from the excess oil in some kitchen paper. if the oil evaporates away, adjust the quantity by adding some other. sprinkle the nutmeg and a tavola!
Accompanying thought: i so feel starving while i write these recipes.
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