Artichokes, I out did myself. pics

TigerTony

<p />I grew up eating Sicilian style stuffed artichokes. Needless to say I love them. I never gave a thought to eating artichoke fixed any other way.
While on vacation in Napa Valley a few weeks ago, I saw "grilled artichoke" on the appetizer menu at a restaurant. We ordered one to try and I was absolutely blow away by how good it was.
Yesterday while shopping at Whole Foods Market, I picked up two large beautiful artichokes. Today while watching the my N.O. Saints football team get beat by the winless Rams, I decided to give it a try grilling the artichokes.
I melted a stick of butter in garlic.
We trimmed the artichokes by clipping the tips of each leaf with a scissors. Then steamed them in a steamer pot for about 30 min. We cut them in half and removed the hairs/choke. Sprinkled salt and pepper and drizzled with a little olive oil and some garlic melted butter.

I had the Big Green Egg ready and heated to 375* direct with a raised grid. Placed the halved artichokes cut side down right on the grill, closed the dome and cooked for 7 minutes (checking halfway). Then I flipped the artichokes and poured the rest of the garlic butter on top of each one and cooked for another 1 to 2 minutes watching closely not to burn (because of the butter dripping).
They came out unbelievable, better then I expected maybe even better then the restaurant (according to my wife).
Bottom line I found a winner. Worth trying for certain.
Here's some pictures :

AZRP

<p />Tiger Tony,
I've made these before, pretty similar. -RP
[ul][li]Fire Roasted artichokes[/ul]

TigerTony

AZRP,
I like the idea of marinating them. I'll give that a try next time.
Hey I didn't do that bad just winging it, I wasn't sure what I was doing

Unknown

Tiger Tony,[p]Those look and sound great. Have had fire roasted baby artichokes at the Hitching Post in Buellton, CA that are a must have on every visit. These sound similar.

TigerTony

fluffyb2,
The place we had these was Rutherford Grill in Napa. I've never heard of grilled artichokes before until I tasted these.

AZRP

Tiger Tony,
Yeah, It was close enough I thout you were following the recipe. -RP

mollyshark

Tiger Tony,[p]I'm curious. Do they come tender enough to eat part of the leaves or do you still do the "between the teeth" deal?[p]mShark

TigerTony

mollyshark,
They were very tender, but you do do the "scrape the leaf on your front teeth" routine. With me there ain't much left when I get finished. The heart and stem are the best part.[p]