Name: Braised artichokes with fresh peas
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil; 2 carrots, sliced into rounds; 4–5 spring onions/scallions, trimmed and roughly chopped; 1.2 kg/2½ lb fresh peas in pods, shelled (this will give you about 500–675 g/1¼–1½ lb peas); 450 ml/¾ pint/scant 2 cups hot water; juice of 1½ lemons; 4 medium to large globe artichokes; 60 ml/4 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill, plus a few sprigs, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food & Cooking of Greece

By Rena Salaman

Published 2023

About

This artichoke dish, araka me anginares, has a unique delicacy. Shelling fresh peas is a little time consuming, but their matchless flavour makes the task very worthwhile. Sit on a step outside in the sunshine, and what at first seems a chore will become positively sybaritic.

Ingredients

4 medium to large globe artichokes
juice of 1½ lemons
150 ml/¼

Method

Remove and discard the outer leaves of the artichokes. Cut off the top, and cut the artichoke in half lengthways. Scoop out the hairy choke. Cut off the stalk, leaving 4 cm/1½ in, and peel away its outer s

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