Carciofi are artichokes, do you love them?
October 31st, 2007
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To begin you do exactly the same things that we did in Carciofi 101.
When the artichoke slices are partly cooked, add the garlic slices to them. Once you get to the browned stage, however, add 6 small, sweet winter tomatoes cut into quarters and the pasta water as described, and as they cook, it will thicken up into a sweet and sour sauce. Cheese doesn’t go in this pasta, in my opinion.
So for two:
2 small or 1 globe artichoke, cleaned and sliced thinly
2 tablespoons of great olive oil — I used spicy oil from Puglia
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
salt to taste
6 sweet tomatoes on the branch (pomodori al grappolo)
from 100 to 200 grams (7 to 14 ounces) of pasta. The pasta shown is casarecce, which has a tube shape but looks homemade.
Flickr had stopped feeding the photos in Carciofi 101, so I had to load them into this program. It didn’t want them one bit! Since winter is artichoke season, let’’s send this to Ruth at Presto Pasta Night.
I had a small disaster making this. For the first time I oversalted the pasta water and had to start that all over again. Bleaugh!
Entry Filed under: Food, Italy, kitchen stuff, pasta, primo, vegetarian, tomatoes, Italian food, cucina
7 Comments Add your own
1. Barbara | October 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
yummmm…but really, my favorite artichokes are ones someone else has prepared…they’re just too much work!
2. eg | October 31st, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Who doesn’t love artichokes?
3. sognatrice | October 31st, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Anxiously awaiting recipe.
4. Ruth | October 31st, 2007 at 7:00 pm
What a fantastic recipe to share with Presto Pasta Night. And I really appreciate the carciofi lesson.
5. Maryann@FindingLaDolceVita | October 31st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I posted about artichokes today too! Great minds…
Your dish looks delicious. I have to try it :) Thanks!
6. Snowpea | November 1st, 2007 at 3:41 am
What’s not to love about artichokes?
7. admin | November 1st, 2007 at 10:42 am
Barb found something!
Cleaning them is one of those zen-like activities, in which while you do it, your mind can solve great world problems. Like whether to have pussycat bows or not.
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