Q: Whenever I take my friend Lindsey with me to the supermarket, I hear her complaining about artichokes. She says she’s afraid of them because she can’t just buy and cook them. The heart-shaped leaves of this funny round vegetable attract people a lot, but not all of them know what to do when they finally put in on the kitchen table. However, the problem was not solved when I told Lindsey about how to boil or steam the artichoke on the stove. She revealed the truth that she loved microwaving, and she asked “Can you microwave artichokes?”
How to Bake Artichoke in the Microwave Oven?
This fast way of microwaving artichokes to get them baked won’t take more than ten minutes of your time. You can serve it for dinner, lunch or breakfast, if only you are not a morning coffee drinker.
The necessary ingredients for this simple, yet tasty, dish are as follows:
- Four big artichokes
- Four tablespoons of the olive oil
- Juice of half a lemon
- Rosemary, thyme and salt
Cut off the hard leaves and the stem, divide the artichokes into two halves and salt them.
Sprinkle the vegetable with lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs.
Microwave the artichokes in a heat-resistant pan for ten minutes at high power (or 700 Watt to be precise.)
Is Artichoke a Healthy Food?
This vegetable is considered a delicacy with an exquisite refined taste and a lot of useful properties. The artichoke is often named an overseas miracle used as a medicine for many diseases.
In many countries, people are not used to eating artichokes. They mostly use it for treatment.
As a natural remedy, artichoke is good for:
- promoting the digestion of proteins and fats
- removing salts from the body
- liver cells protection from toxins
- preventing atherosclerosis, formation of cancer cells and cardiovascular diseases
- reduction of sugar level in the blood
- strengthens the immune system
- solves sexual problems
Artichoke Soup in the Microwave
Now that you’ve learned about the undeniable use of the artichoke and know how to bake it fast in the microwave oven, the time has come to learn something more complicated.
We are quite sure of the outcome of your cooking, and we know that you will include this dish in your ratio after you cook it at least once.
To prepare the artichoke soup in the microwave oven, take these ingredients:
- Artichoke hearts (preserved) – 1 jar
- Big chicken egg – 1 pc
- Lemon juice – 1 tbs
- Flour – 2 tbs
- Margarine – 1 tbs
- Gelatin – 1 package (25 g)
- Broth – 2/3 cup
- Dietary mayonnaise – 2/3 cup (4 tbs)
- Salt and ground pepper
Preparation:
Warm up the broth in the microwave oven for one minute then add gelatin and stir fast.
Pour the liquid from the jar with the artichokes into another cup (don’t throw it away.)
Finely cut the artichoke hearts.
Take a middle-sized bowl for the microwave oven and heat the margarine in the microwave for 15 seconds until it melts.
Mix the margarine with flour, lemon juice, and artichoke juice (that you have put off earlier.)
Warm the mixture uncovered. All in all, you will need two minutes for microwaving, but remember to take the dish out of the oven after half a minute and then again after a minute and a half to stir.
As you have taken the dish out of the microwave oven, add the yolk and artichokes and microwave for a minute.
In a blender or a food processor, pour the soup with the gelatin, salt and pepper. Blend it until smooth and add mayonnaise.
You will probably think of what to do with the white of the egg?
Beat it up and gently mix it all.
The rest depends on your fantasy. You may decorate the dish with the herbs, lemon slices or anything else to your taste and serve.
