Spicchi di Carciofi in Tegame con la Pancetta

Slow-Cooked Artichoke Wedges with Pancetta

Preparation info
  • For

    4 to 6

    Persons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Marcella's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan

Published 1986

  • About

Next to steaming them, this may be the simplest way to do artichokes. There are no herbs, onion, or garlic, only some pancetta—the unsmoked kind—and white wine. To keep cooking time brief, and to expose as much of the vegetable as possible to the wine and pancetta, the artichoke is cut into bite-size wedges.

Ingredients

  • 4 large or 6 medium artichokes
  • Freshly squeezed juice of ½ lemon

Method

  1. Trim the artichokes of the tough outer leaves and tops as described. Cut them into wedges about 1 inch broad at their thickest point. Place them in a bowl with cold water and the lemon juice.
  2. Put the oil and pancetta in a sauté pan and turn on the heat to medium high.
  3. Drain the artichokes and pat them thorough