Artichokes with sauce

• Difficulty: medium
• Time: 40 minutes
• Servings: 4 people
• Calories: 87 / serving

Artichokes with sauce are a simple and very tasty preparation: the artichokes are simply cooked with a little butter and a little broth, and finally served with a hot sauce made from egg yolk, lemon and parsley. We suggest you prepare this tasty artichoke with the sauce as a rich side dish, perhaps for Easter lunch, or as an unusual, but light and also vegetarian appetizer, a good idea if you want to have a vegetarian Easter lunch.

Ingrediants

• 4 large artichokes or 6 if small
• 1 knob of butter
• 250 cl of meat broth
• chopped parsley to taste
• breadcrumbs to taste
• 2 lemons
• one or two egg yolks
• pepper as needed
• Salt to taste

Preparation

1. 1. First clean the artichokes by removing the harder outer leaves.

1. 1. Cut off the tip by removing the thorns.

1. 1. Open them in half and remove the “beard” inside and the remaining thorns.

1. 1. Cut them into wedges and put them in a bowl with water, salt and lemon.

1. 1. Melt a knob of butter in a pan.

1. 1. Braise the artichokes, add salt and pepper and then finish cooking with a little meat broth.

1. 1. When ready to serve, distribute the artichokes on four saucers.

1. 1. Pour a little chopped parsley and breadcrumbs into the artichoke pan and cook for a few minutes to reduce the liquid.

1. 1. Add the juice of half a lemon and season with salt.

1. Then add one or two egg yolks and let the sauce thicken over very low heat, stirring constantly, making sure that the yolks do not firm up and become grainy.
2. Spread the sauce over the artichokes and immediately serve this rich and tasty side dish.