Cardoon Gratin, Roman Style

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This is Cynthia Brown's favourite mode of cooking cardoon, but it besides tin beryllium fried, stewed oregon served arsenic a dipping instrumentality for bagna cauda, a lukewarm Italian garlic-anchovy sauce. Cardoons stalks person tiny spines connected the edges, truthful beryllium cautious erstwhile handling. There aren't galore of them, but they tin beryllium annoyingly painful.

The cardoons request to beryllium trimmed, soaked, peeled and cooked for 1 hr earlier incorporating into the gratin.

Adapted from a Mario Batali look by Cynthia A. Brown, adjunct manager astatine Green Spring Gardens successful Alexandria.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using full milk)

• Calories

  226

• Fat

  13 g

• Saturated Fat

  9 g

• Carbohydrates

  17 g

• Sodium

  568 mg

• Cholesterol

  42 mg

• Protein

  10 g

• Fiber

  5 g

• Sugar

  5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a Mario Batali look by Cynthia A. Brown, adjunct manager astatine Green Spring Gardens successful Alexandria.

Tested by Cynthia A. Brown.