What's In Season: Artichokes

« Prev Next » 1 of 7

What's In Season: Artichokes In the peak of spring vegetable season come the tender budding leaves of artichokes.

With every tear of the artichoke's petals, eaters are greeted with the rich, sweet, almost creamy fruit of the artichoke's heart. It is this inherent sweetness and depth of flavor that give the artichoke such character, and makes it so perfect in any springtime dish.

Divine simply boiled or steamed and served with a mayonnaise or butter dipping sauce, the artichoke's delicate earthy flavors also play perfectly against an assortment of other ingredients in many seasonal recipes.

In honor of this seasonal treat, we've gathered our five favorite artichoke recipes from the What's Cookin' database.

What's your favorite way to prepare the dainty vegetable? Let us know in the comments below.

In this gallery

View As One Page

Comments

SandiATG

1073187 2

I just harvested artichokes from my friend's garden yesterday and will be steaming them tonight and having them with a lemony mayonnaise!

May 02, 2012 at 4:42 PM
Kate-
Statton

Hand of Snooth

853836 1,078

That sounds delicious Sandi - let us know how they turned out!

May 03, 2012 at 10:05 PM
misslin190-
74

797902 14

I am in Italy right now, and it is the season of the artichoke, or CARCIOFE...you wouldn't believe how many fabulous ways they make them! Eaxch region in the country has their own recipe...in Rome, they boil the entire thing, after trimming off only the toughest, outside leaves, and serve it with tomato sauce, or with grated cheese sprinkled over...in other regions, they trim it, again, and then deep fry the whole thing, with a light paste of rice flour and carbonated water with some salt added...too delicious for words! From late March through the entire spring months, they are the vegetable of choice throughout the country.

May 04, 2012 at 1:17 PM