Artichokes with Meat
This is Syrian-style artichokes with meat: the artichokes are fried first, then the meat is cooked with onions, carrots, and peas. A tomato sauce is prepared with garlic, ginger, seven-spice blend, and black pepper. The ingredients are then arranged in a Pyrex baking dish and briefly baked until set, and served hot with fried pine nuts.
This is a cooked artichoke dish made with meat.
Like a hearty vegetable and meat stew.
Ingredients
- 15 pieces Artichokes
- 700 g Lamb or beef
- 2 pieces Medium onions
- 2 cups Peas
- 500 g Chopped carrots
- 1 kg Tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons Tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons Ghee
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon Ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon Seven-spice blend
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 tablespoon Salt
- Fried pine nuts for garnish Fried pine nuts for garnish
- for frying Oil
- Not mentioned as an ingredient, but used in the instructions Pot
Instructions
- Clean the artichokes and prepare them in a suitable bowl before frying.
- Fry the artichokes in a pan with ghee or oil until golden, then transfer them to paper towels.
- Put the 2 tablespoons of ghee in a pot, then add the chopped onions and sauté with a pinch of salt.
- Add the meat to the pot and stir it with the onions until half cooked.
- Add the chopped carrots to the pot with the meat, stir, then cover the pot.
- Add the peas to the pot and stir with the remaining ingredients, keeping their green color.
- Prepare the sauce in another pot by adding the tomatoes with a pinch of salt, tomato paste, ginger, seven-spice blend, black pepper, and garlic.
- Bring the sauce to a boil in the pot until it thickens.
- Pour the sauce into the Pyrex baking dish.
- Arrange the artichokes over the sauce in the Pyrex baking dish.
- Spread the meat, peas, and carrot mixture over the artichokes in the Pyrex baking dish.
- Place the Pyrex baking dish in the oven with bottom heat for no more than 10 minutes, until the food binds with the sauce.
- Garnish the dish with fried pine nuts when serving.