How to Prepare an Artichoke
Like most people, my knowledge of preparing artichokes pretty much extended to cutting off the top and chucking it into some water before boiling it…and if I remembered, well I also included some lemon and a pinch of salt. Sound familiar?
When I moved to Italy, my artichoke world changed forever. I learned how to properly pare an artichoke and get to the heart, which is really the prized bit in most Italian recipes. I also discovered how simple it was to remove the choke with a melon scoop (a technical Chef’s instrument to make those fancy little melon balls in breakfast buffets of the 1990’s). Just go into the middle of the pared artichoke and scrape along the inside walls to remove all that hairy stuff.
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