"Raccolto di Sardegna" - Microwave Artichokes Kissed by the Sun

Artichokes: Delicious but hard to handle. The Italian cooperative Santa Margherita came up with a simple as well as brilliant solution. Microwaving artichokes? Nobody ever tried it before. But Santa Margherita did prepare them for cooking in the microwave and launched this novelty under the brand Raccolto di Sardegna: four ready-to-use artichokes, packaged to be cooked in a microwave.

Artichokes are a delicacy, but difficult to prepare and therefore not very popular in the common household. Up till now you either buy artichokes green and fight to get the hard outer leaves and thorns off the plant to stay with the heart which really is the delicious part of the plant or you buy artichoke hearts in tins of which the autoclave sterilisation process have destroyed most of the delicate taste.
The special packaging presented by Santa Margherita contains four fresh ready-to-eat Carciofo Spinoso Sardo artichokes. The cooking takes only a few steps as the packaging (without its plastic film) can be placed in the microwave straight-away with a cooking time of only 3 min. after which the artichokes are ready to be served. Microwave artichokes have a shelf-life of 15 days.

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