Shaved Artichoke Salad Recipes

SHAVED ARTICHOKE SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare artichokes by trimming stem, cutting off pointed tips and removing tough leaves. Slice thinly with mandoline. As each artichoke is finished, drop slices into a bowl of cold water with about 10 percent vinegar or lemon juice.
• Slice Parmesan with mandoline, creating as many pieces as you have artichoke slices, and about the same size.
• Remove artichoke slices from water and dry, then toss with olive oil and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Sprinkle with a little salt and a fair amount of pepper, then lay Parmesan on top. Taste and add more olive oil, lemon juice, salt or pepper as needed. Garnish with herbs and lemon zest and serve.

SALAD OF SHAVED ARTICHOKES AND SUNCHOKES WITH GRAPEFRUIT AND CHICORIES

Steps:

• Reduce the orange juice until thick and bubbly, to a syrup. Cool and reserve.
• Section grapefruit by removing the peel and pith with a knife, and then cutting between the membranes. Squeeze the remaining grapefruit for its juice; reserve juice.
• Whisk together 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, 1 tablespoon grapefruit juice, and the reduced orange juice. Whisk in 3 ounces of the oil to make an emulsified vinaigrette. Adjust seasoning. Mix together the remaining lemon juice, 1 tablespoon grapefruit juice and the remaining oil to make a loose vinaigrette. Adjust seasoning.
• Toss the chicories with the emulsified vinaigrette, season, and divide among 4 cold plates.
• Toss the grapefruit sections, sunchokes, artichokes, and chives with the loose vinaigrette, season and place on top of the chicories.
• Drizzle the plates with the remaining vinaigrette; and serve.

SALAD WITH ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the mixed greens, onion, and artichoke hearts.
• In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, seasoned salt, pepper, and garlic.
• Pour enough dressing over salad to coat, and toss well. Sprinkle with grated cheese, and serve.

SHAVED RAW ARTICHOKE SALAD

Steps:

• Cut off artichoke stem and discard. Cut off top inch of artichoke with a serrated knife. Bend back outer leaves until they snap off close to base, then discard several more layers of leaves in same manner until you reach pale yellow leaves with pale green tips.
• Cut remaining leaves flush with top of artichoke bottom with a sharp knife, then pull out purple leaves and scoop out fuzzy choke with melon-ball cutter. Rub cut surfaces with a lemon half. Trim remaining dark green fibrous parts from base and sides of artichoke with a sharp paring knife, then rub cut surfaces with same lemon half.
• Trim mushroom stem flush with cap, then rub mushroom with same lemon half. Squeeze 1/2 teaspoon juice from remaining lemon half into a bowl. Shave artichoke and mushroom as thinly as possible with slicer and toss immediately with lemon juice, then with oil, parsley, salt, and pepper.
• Shave a few pieces of cheese on top of salads with slicer or a vegetable peeler, then drizzle with olive oil.

SHAVED ARTICHOKE SALAD

Steps:

• Squeeze juice from 1 lemon into a large bowl of ice water. Slice artichoke hearts and bottoms, if tender enough, as thinly as possible, adding them to the ice water as you slice.
• Thinly slice Parmesan so that you have about as many slices of cheese as you do artichoke slices. Zest and juice remaining lemon; set aside.
• Remove artichoke slices from water and pat dry. Toss with olive oil and juice from remaining lemon; season with salt and pepper. Layer artichoke slices on a platter with Parmesan; season with salt and pepper. Garnish with reserved lemon zest and herbs; serve immediately.

SHAVED ARTICHOKE SALAD WITH PARSLEY AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Halve each artichoke heart lengthwise.
• Thinly slice the hearts, tossing with 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice as you slice (to avoid discoloration).
• Arrange on a platter, top with Parmesan, and drizzle with olive oil and remaining lemon juice. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle nuts and parsley over the top, and serve immediately.

SHAVED ARTICHOKE SALAD WITH PINE NUTS AND PARMESAN CHEESE

Steps:

• One artichoke at a time, peel away outer leaves, leaving tender pale green leaves. Cut off stem and spiny tops of leaves. Cut artichoke in half lengthwise and remove fibrous choke. Slice artichoke as thinly as possible and place in a bowl. Squeeze a few drops of lemon juice over it, and toss well. Repeat with remaining artichokes.
• Add parsley, pine nuts and radicchio to bowl. Pour olive oil over mixture, and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Add cheese, and toss gently. Taste for seasoning, and serve immediately.

ARTICHOKE AND OLIVE FARRO SALAD

Steps:

• Set aside a sheet pan or a large plate. Bring a medium pot of well-salted water to a boil. Add the farro and give it a stir. Reduce the heat to medium-high and cook according to package instructions, skimming off any foam that rises, until the grains are tender and plump. Depending on the type of farro used, this can take anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes. Drain the farro and transfer to the sheet pan or plate; spread out and cool to room temperature, 10 to 15 minutes. (If the farro is left to cool in the strainer, it will keep cooking, take longer to cool and turn mushy.)
• Transfer the farro to a medium mixing bowl. Add the vinegar, oil and ½ teaspoon salt, and stir to combine. Add the olives, artichoke, feta, dill, red onion and chives, and season with black pepper to taste. Stir and taste. Add more salt, vinegar and oil, as needed.
• Serve right away or store in the fridge for up to 2 days. The farro will absorb the vinegar and oil the longer it sits. Adjust seasoning, vinegar and oil before serving.

SHAVED FENNEL, ARTICHOKE, AND PARMESAN SALAD

Steps:

• Pare the artichokes down to their hearts and scoop out the chokes with a spoon, dropping them into water acidulated with the juice of 1 of the lemons.
• Cut off the feathery tops of the fennel at the base of their stalks and remove the outer layer of the bulbs. Slice the bulbs very thin with a mandolin or a very sharp knife. Remove the artichoke hearts from the water and slice them very thin the same way.
• Assemble the salad in layers on a large platter or on individual salad plates. First make a layer of the fennel slices. Squeeze lemon juice evenly over the fennel and drizzle with salt and pepper. Then make a layer of the artichoke hearts, also slice very thin. Squeeze more lemon juice over them, drizzle evenly with another third of the oils, and season with salt and pepper. Cut thin shavings of the Parmesan with cheese slicer or a vegetable peeler and arrange them on top of the artichoke slices. Scatter the parsley leaves over the cheese, season with salt and pepper, squeeze more lemon juice over, and drizzle evenly with the rest of the oils. Serve immediately.