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Recipe for Steamed artichoke with chipotle, butter and lime dip

For one person to eat slowly.
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Solo dinner
Cuisine: French, Mexican
Keyword: Artichoke cheese loaf, Inulin recipes, Solo dinner
Servings: 1

Equipment

  • 1 large pot with lid

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh artichoke
  • 1/2 lemon
  • Salted boiling water to cover the artichoke head.

To make the sauce:

  • 50 g of melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon of chipotle sauce or Gran Luchito sauce
  • 1 lime, juice of
  • large pinch salt

Instructions

  • Cut off the spikey tips with scissors or a sharp serrated knife. Plunge the artichoke into a deep pan of salted boiling water. Add half a lemon so it doesn't discolour. The artichoke is ready when you can easily remove one of the outer leaves. Usually this takes about 20 minutes.
  • Make the sauce by mixing melted butter, adding chipotle sauce, lime juice and salt.

To eat:

  • Dip the outer leaves into the sauce, eating the small amount of artichoke flesh at the end of each leaf. Once the leaves become small and flimsy, discard them and pull off the thistly top. Then cut up the artichoke bottom, dipping it into the sauce as you go.