Luxor4u

Ive successfully managed to grow some, however, the heads are still small. How do I know when to splice them from the stalk and does anyone have any recipes for cooking artichokes please?

thanks

Are they Jerusalem or Globe artichokes?

aahhhh ................ not sure, but Ive got a feeling they are globe artichokes.

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Oh, I love (globe) artichoke! There are SO many ways you can use it. I ate today chicken and there was also some artichoke on my plate. The most simple way is to first cook them and then put in a glass jar, then add oil and whatever herbs you like. Yummy

I do this to all artichokes first and then I use them in pizzas, lasagnes, pies etc.

One of my favourites is chicken-(globe) artichoke lasagne, do lasagne normal way but use these ingredients (in addition to lasagne noodles and cheese sauce) :
-chicken
-pesto
-artichokes
-tomato puree

If it looks like a damned big thistle it's a globe artichoke - if it's like asparagus it's a Jerusalem artichoke. Think it's a bit early for them to be ready yet - should be about the size of 2 fists when they're ready - leave a lump of the stalk on when you cut it about 4 inches long. For prep hints check out Delia

http://www.deliaonline.com/ingredients/ ... 13,IN.html

We prep them first and then toss the hearts in a garlic herb butter and serve them with assorted veg sitting in the middle. I think you have to add lots of flavour to make them taste good - and Geraldines tip of herby oil in jars sounds delicious!! Can't wait to try that! Never thought of putting it on a pizza!

Hey, they put all kinds of stuff on a pizza...peaches, bananas, boiled eggs So why not artichoke - it even sounds sane! More so than banana!

But it's not my own idea, Google is full of artichoke pizza recipes. But no wonder one does not hear all yummy recipes, there are lot of them in the world. I read some recipes with new combinations almost every week. But it's good. When I think of my childhood there was not such a big variety in recipes!

One I bumped into recently was a texmex sandwich cake! I like texmex and I hear it's a delicious recipe

Oh dear! Not sure about that cake thing! Sounds plain weird! Is it with a sponge cake base? Bit bothered by all that white stuff over it - but I suppose it's like some kind of dip? Might have to go and do a google search on that thing myself!

I must admit, I've never had any joy cooking artichokes - I think you have to cook them for ages...........much easier to buy them in garlicky oil from the supermarket. Beware those in tins - all you can taste is brine

Goddess, no it's not like a sponge cake base. This is BREAD, but not normal fresh bread because then you could not cut it properly. Well it's not old either but...

The white stuff is cream cheese, those that you can put on your bread. Finns love those too, we have plenty of different flavours, garlic...you name it, we have it all. You can also mix cream cheese with little smetana or creme fraiche, add some herbs etc.

Do you not have sandwich cakes in UK? I know you are in Egypt but I guess originally from UK?

Sandwich cakes are a really big hit here and I bet if you tasted them you'd love them. I love making them and my relatives often ask me to make them because they won't bother - people think they're difficult to do. I don't think so. My sister's BF loved them so much he asked once me to make him a big sandwich cake and he ate it all, alone

Sluprs..ooooh...you've missed a lot if haven't tasted a good sandwich cake!



ps. this pic of a tex mex sandwich cake i added earlier, it doesn't look delicious I admit but I couldn't link the better picture I found.

The closest thing I can imagine must be club sandwiches, but still they are not that similar. Club sandwiches obviously are missing frosting, filling can be almost the same but there's cream cheese also inside a sandwich cake. Sandwich cake is a cake so you moisten it.



Oh dear, this was supposed to be dedicated to artichokes But to my defense I can say, you CAN use artichokes in a sandwich cake Hey, good idea...will do that for some summer party.

btw they sell this particular bread meant for sandwich cakes in grocery stores here. If you don't have any, use normal bread just do not use one that has been baked the same day.

Ooh Geraldine I think I love Finnish food

thanks everyone - so much information and ideas - I knew you would help!!

Ahhhhhhh! I see the light now!!! That sandwich cake doesn't sound half as nasty now I'm not imagining a victoria sponge cake covered in cucumber dip and doritos stuck on it!! Your description has made me want to have one of those right now!!!! Sounds a bit like a huge big focaccia sandwich with all the filling on the top! YUM YUM!!! I think I saw Martha Stewart make something like that a while back - a great big sandwich for everyone to share - forgot all about it til now!

We had a paid hitman in Belast called Arty. He was paid 1 pound Sterling to bump of a manager at Tesco. He went there and strangled a manager before realising it was the wrong man. He found another who he also strangled, then realising he had got the wrong person again he made quite sure the third time. Again strangling.

Local paper the next morning reported

Artychokes 3 for a pound at Tescos

Tony
Karnak

Oh Dear Tony

Oh dear oh dear

Come on it wasnt that bad.



Tony
Karnak

Just pulling ya plonker

Lucy T wrote:Just pulling ya plonker

What a wonderful thought.

Oh dear I shouldnt have said that.

Tony
Karnak

TONY wrote:

Lucy T wrote:Just pulling ya plonker

What a wonderful thought.

Oh dear I shouldnt have said that.

Tony
Karnak