We're in the middle of april and is the last moment for to eat them in the right season, this evening for dinner i will make rice with artichokes.
We need (for two person):
- 300 gr fo rice (better if is italian Carnaroli rice)
- vegetable broth
- 2 shallot
- 3 spoon of extra virgin olive oil
- 30 gr. of butter
- 1 glas of white wine (of course the glass is for the rice but you have to think at 1 bottle more for you during the dinner :-)
- thyme, just a bit
- 1 clove of garlic
- salt
- pepper
How to prepare:
- Take the artichokes and remove the external and more thick leaves, remember to use latex gloves or your hans will be dark for a couple a days, the artichokes stain! Cut them in 4 part and remove the inner beard and stems, and after you can cut thinner the fore parts of artichokes. After this put them in fresh water with lemon juice or they became dark.
-Cut to very thin dade the shallot, them don't need water.
Put 2 spoon of oil in a cooking pan and put the garlic with skin to brown
When the garlic is brown remove it and put shallot (not all, you need some for the cooking of the rice) to make the same but just for 15/20 seconds
At this point, sprinkle the onions with a ladle of vegetable broth and then put the artichokes and when they will be ready taste it and decide how salt and pepper put
Now put in a cooking pot 1 spoon of oil the shallot that remain and the rice, fry them for 1 minute and after put the glass of wine. Remember: you have to turn the rice often!
When the wine has evaporated use the broth to cooked the rice: put some and wait, and then again and again.. till the the half cooked, at that moment add the artichokes
Wait just some minute and don't forget to turn the rice
When is ready turn of the fire, put the butter inside and turn the rice untill the butter will be completely melted
The rice is ready!
Now just eat and drink the wine and have fun!!
Write me if you have other suggest!