Fried Artichokes

Ingredients

• 6 cups olive oil or vegetable oil
• 4 large artichokes
• 2 lemons
• 1 deep-fat thermometer

Fill a large bowl with cold water and squeeze juice from 2 lemon halves into bowl. Keep stem attached and, at opposite end, cut off top inch of 1 artichoke with a serrated knife. Bend back outer leaves until they snap off close to base, then discard several more layers of leaves in same manner un...

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