Awesome Artichokes -- Feast Your Eyes

by Emily Farris, Posted Aug 11th 2009 @ 10:00AM

Photo: Not Eating Out in New York

Cathy Erway has cooked an artichoke or two -- or 12 -- in two years' worth of Not Eating Out In New York. But she claims to have never cooked a pretty artichoke ... until now.

When presented with a bag of the baby variety, Erway was initially stumped as to how to make them pleasing both to the palate and the eyes, at last deciding upon an ingredient that would do both justice: butter. After steaming them, she halved the hearts and browned them in a pan of butter before sprinkling the lovely layered veggies with minced, jewel-hued nectarines, sprightly lime juice and shallots.

Success! Because, as Julia Child taught us, everything is better -- and, quite obviously, more beautiful -- with butter.

[Via Not Eating Out in New York]

Filed Under: Feast Your Eyes, Ingredients
Tags: artichokes, butter, cathy erway, not eating out in new york, NotEatingOutInNewYork, summer, vegetables