Carciofi alla giudía is one of the most famous dishes of the Roman

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 Jewish cuisine

Roman cuisine

Ancient Roman cuisine changed over the long duration of this ancient civilization. Dietary habits were affected by the influence of Greek culture, the political changes from kingdom to republic to empire, and empire's enormous expansion, which exposed Romans to many new, provincial culinary habits...

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This recipe originated in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and is basically a deeply fried artichoke

Artichoke

-Plants:* Globe artichoke, a partially edible perennial thistle originating in southern Europe around the Mediterranean* Jerusalem artichoke, a species of sunflower with an edible tuber...

. Especially suited for this dish are the Artichokes of the Romanesco variety, which are harvested between February and April in the coastal region between Ladispoli

Ladispoli

Ladispoli is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy.-History:Ladispoli occupies the area existed the ancient Alsium, the port of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri and later a Roman colony cited by Cicero....

 and Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...

, northwest of Rome. The place to eat them is the Roman Ghetto

Roman Ghetto

The Roman Ghetto was a ghetto located in the rione Sant'Angelo, in Rome, Italy, in the area surrounded by today's Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theater of Marcellus...

, where Jewish restaurants prepare them each year.

Preparation

The artichokes must be cleaned with a sharp knife, eliminating all the hard leaves with a spiral movement. Then they are beaten one against the other, to open them. After putting them for some minutes in water with lemon juice, they are seasoned with salt and pepper and deep fried in olive oil. The last touch consists in sprawling some drop of cold water on the frying artichokes in order to make the leaves crunchy. At the end they look like little golden sunflowers and their leaves have a delicious nutty crunchiness. They are eaten warm.

See also

• Jewish cuisine
  Jewish cuisine
  Jewish Cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Jewish people worldwide. It is a diverse cuisine that has evolved over many centuries, shaped by Jewish dietary laws and Jewish Festival and Sabbath traditions...
  
  
• List of Jewish cuisine dishes
• Roman Cuisine
  Roman cuisine
  Ancient Roman cuisine changed over the long duration of this ancient civilization. Dietary habits were affected by the influence of Greek culture, the political changes from kingdom to republic to empire, and empire's enormous expansion, which exposed Romans to many new, provincial culinary habits...
  
  
• Italian Jews
  Italian Jews
  Italian Jews can be used in a broad sense to mean all Jews living or with roots in Italy or in a narrower sense to mean the ancient community who use the Italian rite, as distinct from the communities dating from medieval or modern times who use the Sephardi or Ashkenazi rite.-Divisions:Italian...
  
  
• Carciofi alla Romana

External links

• Carciofi alla Giudia