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Recipe for

Zeytinyağlı Enginar – Artichokes with Olive Oil

A jewel of Aegean cuisine, this artichoke dish is light, fragrant, and traditionally served cold. It’s a springtime favorite among olive oil-based dishes.

60 Minutes
4 People
Ingredients:

4 artichokes
1 cup broad beans
1 onion
2 carrots
1 potato
Juice of 2 oranges
Olive oil
Salt
Sugar
Dill

4 artichokes
1 cup broad beans
1 onion
2 carrots
1 potato
Juice of 2 oranges
Olive oil
Salt
Sugar
Dill

Steps for

Zeytinyağlı Enginar – Artichokes with Olive Oil

Firstly, we put the artichokes in the water with lemon juice until we are ready to use them.
We cut the onions to small pieces, and then the carrots and potatoes (if preferred). We take the seeds of the broad bean, as that’s what we will use in the meal (to do this, you can prefer to hold the broad beans in hot water and the cold water as this will let you peal the broad beans easier).
We put the oil in the pan and then start frying the onions. Then we add the carrot (cut in cubes), potatoes (cut in cubes) and the broad beans. Mix it for a couple of minutes. We put the Artichokes to the pan, closed side will face up. Then, we add the 2 glasses of water. We add the sugar, salt. We let it boil. After boiling for 15 minutes, we put it on lower heat and add the orange juice. We flip the artichokes. We add the mixture that we created in the pan, to the pit side of the artichokes. So, Artichokes would have the mixture as if it is holding the mixture as a bowl. After that, we let it cook for 20 mins in the low heat. After 20 mins, we put a fork to check if the artichoke is cooked. If it’s cooked, we close the pan and let it rest for until it is cold. Then we add dill on top of the artichokes. The food is ready.

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