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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

  1. Trim the stems and the spiky tips of the leaves. Rub cut parts with lemon.
  2. Steam or boil in salted water with half a lemon for 30 to 35 minutes, until a leaf pulls out easily.
  3. Whisk the juice of 1 lemon with the mustard, honey, salt, pepper and dill.
  4. 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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