Easy Artichoke Pasta Salad Recipe - How to Cook Artichokes
An easy artichoke pasta salad recipe made with fresh artichoke hearts. If using jarred/preserved artichokes, this pasta salad can be made in about 15 minutes, just about the same time the pasta takes to cook.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time7 minutesmins
Total Time12 minutesmins
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Vegan
Keyword: artichoke hearts, artichoke pasta salad, how to cook artichoke
Servings: 2
Author: Teenuja Dahari - veganlovlie.com
Ingredients
250gpastaI used gluten-free corn pasta, [8.8 oz]
1 - 2fresh artichokes
10 - 12grape/cherry tomatoes
8 - 10romaine lettuce leaves
15 - 20mixed green and kalamata olives
1tablespoonolive oil
1tablespoonred wine vinegaror any other vinegar of choice
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Once pasta is cooked, drain the water. Rinse in cold water immediately to stop the cooking process and to cool down the pasta for the salad.
If you are using fresh artichokes, steam them until the outer petals are easy to pull off. This can take around 20 minutes or more. Then leave the artichoke to cool.
While pasta and artichoke are cooking, you can prepare the vegetables. You can chop the grape tomatoes, romaine lettuce and olives in any way that you like.
Once artichoke is cool enough to handle, begin by removing the outer petals and keep aside to eat with your favourite dipping sauce.
Trim off the stem but leave around 5 cm or 2 inches attached. Then trim off the top part ⅔ of the way down starting from the top.
Then continue to remove the petals until you reach the fuzzy part which is called the “choke”. This fuzzy part is not edible, so remove it. Then rinse off the artichoke heart in some cold water to remove any fibres that may be clinging to it.
Cut the heart into small pieces and add it to the salad bowl.
If using preserved artichokes instead, just add them in at this point.
Add the olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. Toss everything together well and serve or chill for about 30 minutes before serving depending on your preference.
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Link to original recipe - Easy Artichoke Pasta Salad - https://veganlovlie.com/easy-pasta-salad-recipe-with-artichoke/