Let’s rediscover the artichokes

Nutri lipidomica

It’s time for artichokes for the nutrilipidomic recipe

The artichoke, a delicious flower with a peculiar aftertaste given by cynarine (a polyphenol with which it is very rich), is a very important food for our health. In addition to being a support for liver detoxification systems, the artichoke is one of the plants with prebiotic fiber, essential nourishment for a healthy microbiota and for the improvement and rebalancing of the intestinal microbial flora.

Sea-flavored artichoke hearts

Its particular flavor goes well with the sea products. In this recipe we have chosen the prawns for their sweetness which go well with the clean and fresh taste of the artichoke. Try to season some fettuccine and you will get a single and complete dish.

Recipe

Ingredients for 4 people:

800 g artichoke hearts
400 g shelled shrimp
120 g shallot
150 g whole organic orange
80 g extra virgin olive oil
30 g natural white Greek yogurt 0% fat

40 g parsley
50 g lemon juice (it is not counted in the nutritional values because it is not added to the ingredients, but only serves to acidulate the water)
water q.s.
salt q.s.

Method:

Remove the orange zest, obtaining thin strips, then squeeze the juice and divide it in equal parts into two bowls.

In a large bowl, put some water and lemon juice, then deprive the artichokes of the hardest leaves and stem, cut them into slices and soak them in the acidulated water so that they do not blacken.

In a small bowl, put the Greek yogurt, half of the orange juice and 20 g of extra virgin olive oil. Mix well until obtaining a homogeneous mixture.

In a pan, put 60 g of the extra virgin olive oil to heat with the shallot and a dozen thin strips of orange zest. When the oil is hot, but not steaming, add the squeezed artichoke hearts, mix and add the peeled shrimp, the other half of the orange juice and cook until the artichokes are tender, but still firm.

Serve on a flat plate with the accompanying sauce.

This dish can be seasoned with pasta, rice or other cereal grains, using the sauce as an amalgam of our first dish which will become a main dish because it is complete with all macronutrients.

(Wording for illustrative purposes)

Nutritional values per recipe and per person

	Kcal	Proteins (g)	Carbs (g)	Sugar (g)	Fats (g)	Saturated (g)	Mono-insaturated (g)	Polin-saturated (g)	Fibers (g)	chole-sterol (g)
artichoke hearts	376	26,16	84,08	7,92	1,2	0,29	0,04	0,512	43,2
shrimp	284	54,44	3,64		4,04	0,46	0,32	0,52		0,50
shallot	86,4	3	20,16	9,44	0,12	0,020	0,016	0,046	38,4
Orange	70,5	1,41	17,62	14,02	0,18	0,022	0,034	0,037	3,6
Evo oil	707				80	11.04	58,36	8,41
Greek Yogurt	16,2	3,09	0,9	0,9
parsley	14,4	1,18	2,53	0,34	0,32	0,05	0,12	0,05	1,32
lemon juice
Total per recipe	847,5	89,28	128,93	32,62	85,86	11,88	58,89	9,37	86,52
Total per person	211,9	22,32	32,23	8,15	21,46	2,97	14,72	2,34	21,63