Stuffed Artichokes

This recipe was adapted from a recipe from a cooking forum. Scroll down for more artichoke recipes, including an artichoke dip recipe.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Total: 2 hours

Ingredients:

3 pounds fresh artichokes
10 ounces butter (about 2 1/2 sticks)
2 large onions finely chopped or grated
1 1/4 pounds ground lamb
2 ounces pine nuts
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 cups water

Instructions:

Remove outer leaves from artichokes until you get to the tender leaves. Remove chokes and put artichokes in cold water.

Melt butter in a large skillet. Lightly saute drained and dried artichokes in butter and arrange in a baking dish.

Combine onions with the lamb; saute in the butter left in the pan. Add pine nuts, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Fill each artichoke with this ground lamb mixture. Add bout 1 cup of water to the baking dish and bake in a 350° for 1 1/2 hours.