Penne with purple artichokes

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 6 purples globe artichokes
• 2 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 1 sprig thyme
• 4 1 garlic clove
• 5 1 shallot
• 6 2 glasses dry white wine
• 7 400 g pasta
• 8 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 1,315 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
29 min.	23 min.	52 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare 6 purples globe artichokes.
2	Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add the artichokes and sauter briefly, just until they are lightly browned all over.
3	Add 1 sprig thyme to the pan with 1 garlic clove and 1 shallot (peeled and chopped).
4	Pour in 2 glasses dry white wine, salt and pepper, then turn down the heat and leave to cook...
5	...until the white wine has completely evaporated. Set aside.
6	Cook 400 g pasta (penne).
7	Mix the pasta and artichokes (remove the thyme and discard it), add a trickle of olive oil...
8	...and the grated 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano). Mix and serve piping hot.

Remarks

You can replace the penne with any pasta you like.

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