BAKED ARTICHOKES WITH GORGONZOLA AND HERBS

BAKED ARTICHOKES WITH GORGONZOLA AND HERBS image

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 artichokes
4 lemons
10 oz mild gorgonzola cheese, room temp
2T cream
2t chopped thyme
2t parsley + 1T
1 clove minced garlic
1/2t pepper
3T bread crumbs
1T olive oil

Steps:

Boil lg pot with salt Trim chokes by cutting off top inch, cut stem close to base (sit straight) and trim leaves. Remove some of the bottom leaves that are brown. Boil chokes 30 minutes with the lemons. Halve lemons, juice into water, then toss in the rind and all. Remove and cool chokes. In a bowl, stir cheese, cream, thyme, 2t parsley, garlic, S&P. In a separate bowl, stir bread crumbs and 1T parsley. Preheat oven to 400F. Use a small spoon to remove centre of chokes. Put chokes in baking dish, fill them with cheese mixture, cover with bread crumb mixture, and drizzle with olive oil. Bake 25 minutes until melted and the bread crumbs are crispy.