Stuffed Artichokes

Name: Stuffed Artichokes
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: artichokes; water; salt; ground meat and jamón (cured ham); eggs; manteca (lard); ingredients for sauce; picatostes (fried bread cubes)

Origin: Madrid, Spain

Source: Anonymous, 1920

Ingredients

artichokes
water
salt
ground meat and jamón (cured ham)
eggs
manteca (lard)
ingredients for sauce
picatostes (fried bread cubes)

Instructions

Clean and cook the artichokes in salted water. Drain thoroughly and remove all water. Fill each artichoke with a picadillo (finely chopped mixture of meat and jamón). Coat the filled artichokes in beaten egg, then fry them in hot manteca until golden. Prepare a sauce as you would for stuffed potatoes. Arrange the fried artichokes on a serving platter and garnish with fried bread cubes (picatostes).