Artichokes Cooked with Orange

Name: Artichokes Cooked with Orange (Salade d’artichauts Cuit à l’orange)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Algerian
Ingredients: pinch of crushed saffron threads; 1 orange, peeled and thinly sliced; 1 lemon, peeled and thinly sliced; ¼ cup water; juice of 1 lemon; 6 large artichokes; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 3 cloves garlic, minced; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Salade d’artichauts Cuit à l’orange

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Saffron Shores

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2002

About

I just love Yolande Rouas’s Algerian artichoke and orange salad. Cooking artichokes with tangy slices of citrus fruit provides a bright contrast to their slightly bitter flesh. Orange segments may be added for a colorful garnish, but the tartness of lemon is essential for flavor balance.

Ingredients

juice of 1 lemon
6 large artichokes
2 tablespoons

Africa
Algeria
Side dish
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Fill a large bowl with water and add the lemon juice. Trim the artichokes by cutting off the stems flush with the bottom. Remove all the leaves from the artichokes, scoop out the chokes, and place the artichoke hearts in the lemon water until ready to cook.

In a large saucepan, heat the oil over low heat. Drain the artichoke hearts and add them to the pan with the garlic, saffron, orang