I love cardoons fried, but baked with cheese and butter is also great. If you have never made these you need to string them as you do celery,put them i water with lemon, cut the ribs of cardoon into 3 inch lengths. bring a pan of water to boil remove the cardoons from the lemon water and place in the pan bring the water to boil,boil til tender about 20-30 min then drain and dry well.Butter a 13x9 pan preheat oven to 400 now arrange the cardoon pieces in your pan. dot them with butter salt and pepper, I then scatter buttered bread crumbs over the cardoons along with 1/2 cup of parmesan squeeze some lemon over the top of the cardoons. Bake 10-15 min til cheese melts Serve hot.
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