ARTICHOKES Ã LA BARIGOULE

Ingredients
- 25ml/1fl oz olive oil
- 4 pearl onions
- 15g/½oz smoked bacon lardons
- 1 carrot
- peeled and sliced
- 3 baby artichokes
- outer leaves removed
- trimmed
- 4 baby turnips
- 4 button mushrooms
- 4 long baby radishes
- 1 garlic clove
- peeled
- thinly sliced
- 50ml/2fl oz dry white wine
- 110ml/4fl oz chicken stock
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
- 1 loaf crusty bread
- sliced
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Heat a small pan over a medium heat and add the olive oil. Gently fry the pearl onions and bacon for 2-3 minutes
- or until lightly coloured.
- Add the carrots
- artichokes
- turnips
- mushrooms and radishes and gently fry for 1-2 minutes
- then add the garlic. Increase the heat
- add the wine and cook for 1-2 minutes
- or until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half. Add the stock and reduce the heat to a simmer.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 3-4 minutes
- or until the vegetables are tender. Remove the lid
- increase the heat to high and cook for a further 3-4 minutes
- or until the liquid has reduced to a thick glaze.
- Stir in the chopped parsley and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- To serve
- spoon the vegetables into a bowl and serve with crusty bread on the side.

