Baby Artichokes, Elegant And Easy First Course

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 baby artichokes, per person
• 1/4 cup best foods mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon french's mustard
• kosher salt
• freshly cracked black pepper
• dill weed

Recipe

• 1 boil artichokes, completely submerging in salted water until tender, 10-20 minutes, depending on their size. drain well and cool.
• 2 discard tough outer leaves, cut off stem so that the artichoke will stand by itself on a plate.
• 3 cut across the top part of the artichoke, 1/2â€? or so, and use scissors to decoratively cut across a few of the remaining outside leaves to resemble a “flowerâ€?. cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 4 mix mayonnaise, mustard, kosher salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 when ready to serve, use a spoon to place a thick line of the mayonnaise-mustard mixture off to one side of each individual small flat serving plate.
• 6 use a clean, unused comb, or similar, to draw wavy lines on the plate through the sauce. place the cooked artichokes on the plate and sprinkle dill weed atop the “wavyâ€? sauce, and serve.