Braised artichokes with fresh peas

Name: Braised artichokes with fresh peas
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; 2 carrots, sliced into rounds; 450 ml/¾ pint/scant 2 cups hot water; 60 ml/4 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill, plus a few sprigs, to garnish; 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); 4 medium to large globe artichokes; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil; juice of 1½ lemons; 1 onion, thinly sliced

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

Europe
Greece
Side dish
Vegan
Spring
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

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