http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2010/02/its-artichoke-season/ Cooking classes and vacations in Puglia Italy Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2010/02/its-artichoke-season/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Cinzia & Marika Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:24:26 +0000 http://www.italycookingcourses.com/?p=2858#comment-265 Hello TMS. I am totally with you! we usually pair this "artichoke risotto" either with a white wine (the same one we used to prepare it) or with a rosé (Puglia has excellents ones!). However, we find it very difficult to have any wine with artichokes when we cook them very "<em>al dente</em>" or when we have a raw artichoke salad. In these cases, the iron flavor stands out too much....and then we don't have any wine...just water! Hello TMS. I am totally with you! we usually pair this “artichoke risotto” either with a white wine (the same one we used to prepare it) or with a rosé (Puglia has excellents ones!).
However, we find it very difficult to have any wine with artichokes when we cook them very “al dente” or when we have a raw artichoke salad. In these cases, the iron flavor stands out too much….and then we don’t have any wine…just water!

]]> http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2010/02/its-artichoke-season/comment-page-1/#comment-256 TMS KNS Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:39 +0000 http://www.italycookingcourses.com/?p=2858#comment-256 Artichoke is one of vegetables we can't eat enough of. They are a luxury anytime. The preparation and cooking process is not that hard at all. This may sound like a white wine dish, however you can complement it with any red Valpolicella Classico or a DOC Irpinia. Artichoke is one of vegetables we can’t eat enough of. They are a luxury anytime. The preparation and cooking process is not that hard at all. This may sound like a white wine dish, however you can complement it with any red Valpolicella Classico or a DOC Irpinia.

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