Γεια σε όλους! Hi everyone! Isn't google translator a crack? First words mean Hola a todos... Hi everyone in Greek... or that is what I expect them to say!
I found this recipe in a Spanish cooking magazine and the tittle immediately caught my attention - Artichokes Greek Style - all ingredients were so handy and you all know about my artichokes' adoration, so I thought, why not? Let's get some other Mediterranean breezes and flavours in my kitchen!!! This is a tribute to all my Greek foodie friends I made through this blog! Wonderful people with warm hearts and stoves; barbeque's and ovens ready to cook anytime!!!
Please visit their blogs if you still haven't done so... even though they are all Greek, some live in Greece and others don't and their styles are all so different that you will always learn something no matter which blog you visit:
Peter M. from Kalofagas is a smart cook living in Canada. You will find fully detailed Greek recipes in his blog, fantastic tips to achieve better results and a great sense of humour!
Ivy from Kopiaste is a wonderful cook, living in Athens and originally from Ciprus. Her recipes are so detailed and full of pictures showing all the cooking process! Sometimes you can also get some extra history lessons at her blog. Very instructive and more than a kind woman!
Peter G. from Souvlaki for the Soul is a fantastic cook, photographer and person, no matter the order of the words. This days he is working on his blog to make some changes, but keep this link to visit him. You won't be deceived!
Laurie from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska has a beautiful blog, full of wonderful stories and recipes, her site looks kind of poetical to me, she puts her heart in every post!
Elly from Elly says Opa! Has a vigorous blog with delicious photographs, stories and recipes. You will also find recipes from other Mediterranean countries as well as the Greek. Her Eat to the Beat event will soon be showing!
I don't know if this is an authentic Greek recipe but the result was so flavourful that I felt transported to the middle of the Plakka neighbourhood in Athens :DIngredients for 4 servings: 800 grs of small artichokes (these were the last ones of the season), 3 ripe tomatoes, 4 olive oil tablespoons, 1 dl of dry white wine, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 10 coriander seeds (they can be substituted by cumin ones), a spring of thyme, 1 tablespoon of minced parsley, 1/2 lemon juice, 1 garlic clove, salt and black ground pepper.
- Discard the greener leaves of the artichokes. Cut them in half and their borders. Wash them and use half a lemon to rub them to avoid their quick oxidation and keep their colour.
- Heat the olive oil in a sauce pan, add the artichokes and golden them. Stir with a wooden spoon and be careful they don't get burned.
- Get some water boiling in a pot and add the tomatoes for 20 seconds, strain and take their peel of, cut them and take the seeds away. Chop in small dices. Reserve.
- Add some water drops to the saucepan used to golden the artichokes and caramelise the sugar lightly. Add the chopped tomatoe and stir. Keep cooking for 5 to 8 minutes at medium heat.
- Add the artichokes and the white wine, the garlic clove and the coriander seeds. Sprinkle some salt and pepper and let simmer for 35 to 45 minutes or until artichokes are tender.
- Present the artichokes with the minced parsley on and the sauce in a different recipient and when cool place in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Pour the lemon juice on top and serve cold.
Enjoy!
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