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While I don’t have an Instant Pot™ yet, I thought that with the popularity of the Instant Pot™, many people would enjoy the recipe below for Braised Baby Artichokes Tuscan Style. At the end of the recipe serving suggestions include using the artichokes as a pizza topping, topping on pasta or as a first course. The recipe is from Ocean Mist Farms.
For those not familiar with preparing artichokes, the recipe includes a link to “How to Prepare an Artichoke.”
Enjoy!
Kathy
Braised Baby Artichokes Tuscan Style – Instant Pot
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 5 min.
Cook Time: 6 – 8 min.
Ingredients
9 Ocean Mist Farms baby artichokes, rinsed & trimmed
½ cup dry white wine
Juice from one lemon
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp garlic salt
¼ cup olive oil
1 cup water
½ cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
- With a sharp knife, cut baby artichokes lengthwise into 4 slices each.
- On the Instant Pot™, select “Saute” setting – medium – keep warm OFF – 1 minute.
- Once screen reads HOT, add oil, artichokes, and garlic. Gently stir.
- Add wine, lemon juice, water, and garlic salt. Gently stir to combine.
- Secure lid on the Instant Pot™. Select “Pressure Cook” setting – high – no delay – keep warm OFF – 5 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, quick release pressure and then remove lid. Test to make sure artichokes are very tender. If needed, replace lid and cook again for 1-2 minutes.
- Remove artichokes from the liquid and gently toss with Parmesan cheese and season with salt to taste.
- Serve as a first course or use on top of pizza or pasta.
Recipe provided by Ocean Mist Farms.
Craft Wine at Tin Lizzie Wineworks
Photo by Tin Lizzie Wineworks
Tin Lizzie Wineworks just outside of Clarksville, Maryland offers a unique opportunity to make your own barrel of wine or to gather a few friends or relatives together to craft a quality barrel of wine.
Filling a basket press
Unlike most wineries that operate to produce and sell wine, Tin Lizzie Wineworks is a teaching winery where owner and winemaker, Dave Zuchero, teaches and guides wine enthusiasts to creating their own barrel of wine.
At Tin Lizzie Wineworks the wine grapes are sourced from the best growers that Dave has for obtaining the grapes including the famed Stagecoach Vineyards in Napa, California. This year the available grapes from Stagecoach Vineyards include: Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Malbec and Merlot. From our experience the grapes arrive in a refrigerated truck are in great condition.
At Tin Lizzie, winemakers can choose to create single-varietal wines or blends.
Grapes from Napa, California can ship to East Coast
If you have an interest in crafting a barrel of wine at Tin Lizzie, you may want to follow the guidelines that Dave sent out in a recent newsletter. A summary of Dave’s suggestions:
Prices vary and depend upon the grape variety chosen as well as the vineyards from which the grapes are sourced. Dave also offers winemakers the choice of crafting a full barrel, half-barrel or quarter-barrel.
Bottling wine at a teaching winery
Crafting a quality wine is a fantastic experience if you enjoy wine. Just think, if you craft your own wine, you will likely want to use some of the bottles as holiday, birthday, anniversary or housewarming gifts in 2019.
Cheers,
Kathy