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Artichokes!! You either love-em or you just haven’t had a great one yet. Let me help you get the most out of your chokes. Artichokes are an opportunity to be creative, and I have come up with literally hundreds of dishes utilizing this edible thistle. Drop me a line and we’ll share stories.

Happy Cooking,
Chef Tony B.

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We at Ocean Mist Farms are proud of our Artichokes. When prepared correctly, they are without a doubt a delicious treat to share with family and friends. To state the obvious, Artichokes are not potatoes, and we get a lot of questions on the best way to prepare them. For that reason, we are dedicating this section of our Web site so you can “Ask the Chef!”

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Ocean Mist Farms has partnered up with Montrio Bistro’s Executive Chef Tony Baker to answer your Artichoke questions. Chef Baker has been working professionally with Artichokes for almost 20 years and has developed hundreds of dishes – perfecting many different preparations and cooking techniques.

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If you have any culinary questions specific to Artichokes or any of the other Ocean Mist Farms vegetables click the button below and fill out the form.

Chef Tony will review your questions weekly from his kitchen and will do his best to get you a response within 72 hours.

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Q: I was given several stalks of brussel sprouts and would like to know the best way to freeze them. Thanks!
A: 
Hi Shelley,

Many thanks for your question. Yep it's Brussels time, I love them I just placed them on my menu at Montrio for the winter along with lardons of smoked bacon and pan roasted diver scallops. Really tasty dish.

Any way, lets try and help you with your problem, you have too many of them and you would like to enjoy them when they are less plentiful.

  • First, trim and score all of your Brussels Sprouts.
  • Bring a large pot of water to a raging boil
  • Heavily salt the water
  • "Blanch" the sprouts cooking them only about 3/4
  • Remove the sprouts and place into iced water to cool quickly
  • The sprouts should be bright green
  • drain well and place in to a freezer bag or vacum seal bag
  • Label and freeze
Tip of the day: Green vegetables get cooked in boiling water and root vegetables start with cold water.

When you are ready to enjoy you can defrost and pop them right into a satue pan with bacon, or reheat with butter in the microwave, toss with a cheesy mornay sauce or heat them and toss with chopped black olives and fire roasted peppers.  
I hope this helps,

Happy Cooking!

Chef Tony Baker

 
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