Fried artichokes
Learn to make a super tasty appetizer or side dish. Fried battered artichokes are a stable on Christmas Eve dinner in Rome. Crunchy and tasty.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 4 artichokes
- 80 gr of regular flour and 20gr of soy or other chickpea flour
- 2 gr of baking powder
- 200 ml of water
- salt to taste
- oil to fry you can use extra virgin olive oil, or sunflower oil, ghee is also good for frying
Instructions
- Prepare the batter by mixing the water, flour and baking powder. However do not over mix it, some lumps are actually better than a fluid batter. Then put in the fridge until you're ready to fry.
- Prepare a bowl with cold water and lemon. Clean the artichokes by removing the external leaves until they're a pale green, then remove the external green stringy part from the bottom.
- Cut the top of the artichoke. Immediately after cleaning them, put the artichokes in the water to avoid discoloring.
- Heat up abundant oil in a deep pan to 160°. Drain the artichokes, slice them into 1/4inch slices and pad them dry with a paper towel.
- Take the batter out of the fridge, deep the slices in the batter and deep fry them for 3/4 minutes.
- Serve hot with a sprinkle of salt. (they are good even when cold!!)
