Boiled Artichokes (French) - French Recipe

Boiled Artichokes (French)

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Simple boiled artichokes (french) as prepared in the American home kitchen of the 1920s.

Ingredients

Method

1. Wash — in cold water, remove the outside leaves, and cut off the stems close to the leaves.
2. Cut — off about an inch of the tops of the leaves, spread the leaves open from the centre, and remove the core or "choke."
3. Tie — a string around each artichoke near the top, and soak them in cold water for half an hour.
4. Drain, put into a saucepan of boiling salt water, and boil from thirty to forty-five minutes, depending upon the age of the artichokes.
5. Remove — from the boiling water, and turn each artichoke upside down to drain.
6. Place — the artichokes on a serving-dish, and remove the strings.
7. Serve — with Hollandaise Sauce (page 32), White Sauce No. 2 (page 150), or Mayonnaise (page 83).

· Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)