Steamed Whole Artichokes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1994

Forget the classic method of snipping each leaf, trussing, and then boiling for an hour. Just slice the stem and top, then steam.

SERVES4

TIME55 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a better, quicker artichoke recipe, we found that steaming worked well. We put whole artichokes, stem end up, in about an inch of water in a heavy-gauge nonreactive pot with a tight-fitting lid. A steaming rack was useful but not necess...

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