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    Home » Recipes » Side Dish

    Croatia Punjeni Artichoke

    March 5, 2015 By Darlene at International Cuisine

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    In Croatia this dish called punjeni is a seasonal dish found in spring. They use the small globe artichokes for this recipe. I could not find globes in season so made the recipe with the larger artichoke which was a lovely result. It is a nice healthy version of an artichoke as you do not dip each leaf in butter. The addition of the bread crumbs and peas is wonderful.

    Croatia Punjeni

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    Croatia Punjeni Artichoke

    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Croatia
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 1 hour
    Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings 4
    Author International Cuisine

    Ingredients

    • 8 globe artichokes or 2 large size
    • 4 garlic cloves minced
    • 1 ½ cups bread crumbs finely ground
    • 1 teaspoon Mrs. Dash
    • 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
    • 1 cup white wine
    • ¼ cup olive oil
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 Tablespoon sweet paprika
    • ½ teaspoon white pepper
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 cup peas

    Instructions

    • In a medium sized bowl, mix the olive oil with the bread crumbs, tomato paste and wine. Add in the garlic and parsley then Mrs. Dash and the white pepper, and sweet paprika, add salt to taste if desire.
    • Rinse the artichokes. The top "choke" portion needs to be cut off only at the peak which helps open the flower better to stuff it with the breadcrumb mixture.
    • Stuff the artichokes.
    • Place the stuffed artichokes into a shallow pot and fill it to the halfway mark, so that the artichokes are half immersed in water. Add in the bay leaf. Once they start cooking, lower the flame so that the cooking process will continue but that the artichokes won't boil.
    • Cover the pot, partially, and let them cook. After about twenty minutes use a wooden spoon to make sure no bread crumbs are sticking to the bottom of the pan, taking care to not break up the fragile artichoke flowers.
    • When the artichokes are becoming much softer, towards the end of cooking, it's time to add peas. Baby peas are delicious addition to this dish.
    • Cooking time varies as to the size of the artichokes, but generally speaking, it will take a good hour for them to cook through. Test with a fork. The artichokes should be tender and soft
    • Serve them in a shallow plate with curved edges, because they are liquid based leaves are individually dragged across the upper teeth to get the "meat" of the artichoke, then tossed into a pot or plate in the center of the table.
    • Serve with some warm bread as an appetizer or vegetarian meal.

     

     

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    Comments

    1. Casey

      March 05, 2015 at 12:58 pm

      The pungeni artichoke dish is calling to me! The small globe artichokes are available over here in Spain so I am curious if it will come out differently. This week's post makes me want to book a flight to Croatia!

      • Darlene at International Cuisine

        March 05, 2015 at 5:06 pm

        Hi Casey, The globes are the ones that should be used, just follow the recipe and you will love it. Check out Croatia and let me know maybe we'll book a trip to Spain and Croatia!

    2. Darinka Bell-Hasty

      August 13, 2016 at 4:19 pm

      At what point do you add the tomatoes paste and the wine? thank
      you

      • Darlene at International Cuisine

        August 13, 2016 at 4:57 pm

        Well I see that those instructions are not in the recipe. So sorry about that. I have corrected it. They should be added as part of the stuffing in the beginning. If you have already started your artichokes, they will be perfectly delicious without those two ingredients, you could add them to the water or just add a little tomato paste and enjoy the wine.

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