Penne ai carciofi

Name: Penne ai carciofi (Penne with artichokes)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 6 medium-sized globe artichokes; juice of 1 lemon; 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves stripped off stalk; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) short pasta such as penne; about 120 g (1¼ cups) freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; extra virgin olive oil, to serve; a handful of chopped parsley; 3 tablespoons olive oil plus a little extra for serving

Penne with artichokes

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Twelve

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2003

About

If you like, you can add about 50 g (1¾ oz) of chopped unsmoked pancetta (belly bacon) to the pan with the artichokes for a stronger flavour.

Ingredients

juice of 1 lemon
6 medium-sized globe artichokes
3 tablespoons

Europe
Italy
Main course
Vegetarian
Tuscany
Mediterranean
April

Method

Prepare a bowl of cold water with the lemon juice. Trim the artichokes of their tough outer leaves. Those you leave are the ones you will eat, so make sure there are no tough leaves. Chop off a third of the top spear. Cut off the stem, leaving about 3 cm (1¼ in) and trim down towards the end into a pyramid point, trimming away the dark outer green stem. Cut them in half vertically and scrape ou