Artichokes A La Polita

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 artichokes
• 1 lemon
• 1/2 kg potato
• 5 carrots
• 2 to 3 lemons, juice of
• 4 spring onions
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 bunch fresh dill (or 3tb dried)
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 slice the stem of the artichokes and remove the outer leaves. carefully remove core ('choke') including fuzzy/prickly stuff of artichoke rub each artichoke with a lemon and put all of them in bowl full of water. you will be left with just the 'heart'.
• 2 cut the potatoes and the spring onions in medium sized slices.
• 3 slice the carrots and saute them together briefly with the spring onions in a saucepan with the oil.
• 4 add the artichokes and the potatoes, the dill, the lemon juice, salt, pepper and enough water to cover them. allow to cook, stirring occasionally, for 1/2 hour or until tender.
• 5 remove from pan with slotted to spoon to serving platter; discarding dill. sprinkle with fresh dill, salt & pepper.