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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash the artichokes and allow to dry upside down to drain. | 2. Once dry, cut the stems so the artichoke will stand upright. | 3. Remove the tough outer leaves at the base and cut about 1" straight off the top. | 4. With kitchen shears, snip off the point of each outer leaf. | 5. Slightly open the center and outer leaves, preparing for stuffing. | 6. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine cheese and breadcrumbs, then add the remaining ingredients except the olive oil. Thoroughly combine mixture. | 7. Holding the artichoke over the bowl of stuffing, stuff artichoke from bottom to top, spreading and stuffing the leaves along the way, patting stuffing firmly into leaves. | 8. Mound the stuffing over the flattened top and pushing down slightly with palm to adhere mixture to the artichoke. Repeat process, stuffing remaining artichokes. | 9. Place artichoke in large pot or Dutch oven with tight fitting lid using rack if have one. | 10. Carefully add enough water to cover the bottom of the pot about 1/2", not letting the water touch the bottom leaves. | 11. Cover and steam on low fire monitoring water level and refilling, without touching leaves, as needed. | 12. After 20 minutes, open lid and liberally drizzle olive oil over top of artichoke. | 13. Replace lid and continue steaming, frequently checking water level, about 50 - 60 minutes or until the leaves pull out easily. | 14. Carefully remove artichoke from pot. | 15. Let cool slightly. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
artichoke	6 -8			-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	2		grated	592.0	64.0	64.0	8.0
garlic clove	8		minced	35.76	7.9344	1.5264	0.12
green onion	2	cups	sliced	38.34	8.1508	1.3774	0.6674
italian breadcrumb	1	container	seasoned	-	-	-	-
parsley	3/4	cup	minced	16.2	2.8485	1.3365	0.3555
celery	1	cup	minced	16.16	2.9997	0.6969	0.1717
green bell pepper	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	tablespoon		17.319000000000003	4.4126	0.7169	0.2249
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.