Spring Vegetable Mix

Frittedda

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

  • About

The flavors of this simple trio of fresh spring vegetables blend perfectly. Served at room temperature, it can top crostini as an antipasto. And with the addition of small cooked pasta such as shells or ditali, it could be served as a delicious primo or side dish.

Ingredients

  • ½ a lemon
  • 4 artichokes
  • 1 pound shelle

Method

Fill a bowl with water, squeeze the lemon juice into the water and drop the squeezed lemon into the bowl. Pull off the outside leaves of each artichoke, cut off the tops down to the tender inner leaves, cut each into quarters, remove the choke with a small paring knife and cut each quarter in half. Place the artichoke pieces in the acidulated water so that they will not darken. Let them soak un