Whether as antipasti, on pizza, in pasta or in a salad: with their delicate, slightly nutty flavour, they give Mediterranean dishes that certain something while saving valuable preparation time. What many people do not know is that artichokes are actually the still-closed flower buds of a thistle. Their tender heart is particularly prized – to get to it, the outer leaves and the so-called „choke“ on the inside have to be laboriously removed. The ancient Greeks and Romans already valued artichokes as a delicacy. They were even said to have digestive and aphrodisiac properties.

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