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Grilled Baby Artichokes with Caper-Mint Sauce

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Grilled Baby Artichokes with Caper-Mint Sauce

Grilled Baby Artichokes with Caper-Mint Sauce

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Equipment

  • - Vegetable Trimmer: A handhran device designed to quickly remove stems, leaves, and inedible parts from baby artichokes.

  • - Mandoline Slicer: For precision slicing of vegetables; optional for preparing artichoke hearts if desired.

  • - Grilling Mat: To place your artichokes on during grilling to ensure they don't stick or slide off the grill.

  • - Heavy-Duty Grill Pan: Specifically designed for cooking veggies with a larger surface area, reducing flipping and handling.

  • - Grill Brush: Essential for cleaning your grill pan without transferring food residue back onto the artichokes.

  • - Citrus Juicer: While not directly related to the recipe, having fresh lemon juice can enhance the flavor of grilled vegetables and is easy with this equipment.

  • - Measuring Cup Set: Useful for precise measurement of ingredients like olive oil or capers in your sauce.

  • - Mandoline Slicer with Grater: Multi-function tool for slicing and shredding, useful if you want to incorporate different textures into your dish.

  • - High-Quality Spatula: To safely turn the artichokes on the grill without damaging them or the pan.

  • - Digital Kitchen Scale (Optional): For precise measurement of ingredients, though not strictly necessary for this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

  • 6 flat anchovy fillets, drained, patted dry, and minced

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons drained capers, rinsed and finely chopped

  • 1/4 cup finely chopped mint

  • 1 tablespoon white-wine vinegar

  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

  • s note, below; 1/2 pound total)",

Instructions

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Instruction 1

Stir together all sauce ingredients with pepper to taste. Trim and cook artichokes: Combine 1 qt cold water and lemon juice in a large bowl. Working with 1 artichoke at a time, bend back outer leaves until they snap off close to base and discard several more layers of leaves in same manner until exposed leaves are pale green at top and pale yellow at base. Trim pointed tips of leaves with kitchen shears, then cut a thin slice from end of stem to expose a fresh cross section. Trim dark green fibrous parts from base and stem of artichoke, being careful not to break off stem. Halve artichoke lengthwise. Remove fuzzy center and any pointed inner leaves. Put in bowl of lemon water.
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Instruction 2

Drain artichokes, then cook in a large pot of boiling salted water (1 Tbsp salt for 5 qt water) until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain and transfer to an ice bath to stop cooking. Drain well.
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Instruction 3

Prepare a grill for direct-heat cooking over medium-hot charcoal (medium-high heat for gas).
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Instruction 4

Toss artichokes with oil in a bowl. Oil grill rack, then grill artichokes, cut sides down, covered only if using a gas grill, turning once, until golden brown in spots, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve drizzled with sauce.
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