How Do You Prepare Artichoke For Cooking?
New cooks often don’t know where to begin preparing artichokes for cooking, let alone cooking them. Artichokes look intimidating first hand, but they are actually not that difficult to cut and peel. Follow tutorial for how to prepare a fresh artichoke. Step 1 Cut the stems off of the artichoke bottoms. This make them sit upright on your cutting board so it’s easier for you to work on them. Step 2 Cut with a paring knife or serrated knife the spiky, tough outer leaves off and discard. You can peel the larger leaves with your fingers, snapping them off from their base. Be careful not to sting your fingers with the pointy leaf edges. Step 3 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep3 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5577412/F4-eHow-7010090PW-50510CF609T-eRambler_Full.jpg’); }); Peeled artichoke Cut or peel until you reach the inner soft yellow/pale green leaves. The inner edible leaves are that we call “artichoke hearts”. If th
