Stuffed Artichokes

It turned out GREAT! Recipe easy to follow and outcome delicious! Thanks!

Yum! Very easy and tasty! This is the first time I've made stuffed artichokes on my own. I will use this recipe again and again!

This is so good! I made it exactly as written. I added 8 cloves of garlic. I can't wait till lunch so I can have the leftover one! I will defintely be making this a lot!

This was an excellent recipe -- the artichokes were tender, and the filling was pungent and balanced. The filling adhered to the leaves after cooking so that the artichoke could still be eaten with the fingers using the leaves as a scoop. I added one large chopped tomato (drained briefly to reduce moisture) to the filling, but did not reduce the olive oil accordingly. I made a few (longer to describe than to do) changes in the preparation technique: I removed the other leaves until they snapped off "with a crack", and trimmed the tips and base as described. After the initial steaming, I opened all the artichokes by pressing directly on the top; this allowed me to open the artichokes evenly all around despite the not-always-flat tops, it also meant that I could open all the way to the center by pressing successively more directly on still-unopened center portions without adding more pressure to the already opened outer leaves. That might not matter so much if you have smaller artichokes, mine were huge. I did this quickly for all the artichokes, then ran some tepid water in the centers to stop them from continuing to steam while I was doing the stuffing and make them easier to handle. I removed the small nub of leaves from the center by grasping and pulling, leaving a few small leaves at the bottom to cover the choke and prevent the bristles from mixing with the stuffing, and then I stuffed this cavity. Instead of trying to stuff the leaves individually, I started at the outside and opened up a whole ring layer of leaves, dumped stuffing in evenly around the circle to 1/3-1/2 of the way up, and then moved inward to the next layer. Lastly, I didn't want sauce so I just poured the leftover stuffing into the bottom of the pan, and added enough water to moisten it (a couple of handfuls), instead of the two inches recommended. The amount of stuffing was exactly right for my four (unbelievably huge) artichokes, including stuffing the center cavity which was not described in the recipe.

WONDERFUL! I did reduce the recipe down to 2 artichokes, but no matter. It was excellent! I did increase the garlic to 10 cloves (we love garlic). The double cooking makes the leaves very tender and easy to eat. I did add some butter to the drippings to make it into a dip for the leaves. DH add the drippings to mayonnaise for his dip. This is a keeper! CHEERS!