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Steamed Artichokes with Lemon
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Whole artichokes with a lemon-mustard dip
Any fast dayPrep 10 minCook 35 minServes 4
When to eat it. No oil, wine or fish, so it fits even the strict weekdays of Lent.
Ingredients
Method
- Trim the stems and the spiky tips of the leaves. Rub cut parts with lemon.
- Steam or boil in salted water with half a lemon for 30 to 35 minutes, until a leaf pulls out easily.
- Whisk the juice of 1 lemon with the mustard, honey, salt, pepper and dill.
- Pull off the leaves, dip, and scrape off the soft part with your teeth.
Tip. A spring treat at the end of Lent when artichokes come into season.
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