Artichokes with Melted Butter

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

for artichokes

young ones ↝ Jerusalem-artichokes, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
strong salt and water ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
cold water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]

for serving

rich melted butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (5)

If they are young ones, leave about an inch of the stalks.
Put them in a strong salt and water for an hour or two.
Then put them in a pan of cold water.
Set them over the fire, but do not cover them, it will take off their colour.
When you dish them up, put rich melted butter, in small cups or pots, like rabbets, in the dish with your artichokes, and send them up.

Original Text

IF they are young ones, leave about an inch of the stalks, put them in a strong salt and water for an hour or two, then put them in a pan of cold water, set them over the fire, but do not cover them, it will take off their colour; when you dish them up, put rich melted butter, in small cups or pots, like rabbets, put them in the dish with your artichokes, and send them up.

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