Artichoke heart with avocado sauce

Artichoke heart with avocado sauce

Appetizers

A simple yet delicious starter, perfectly suited for enjoying garden-grown globe artichokes.

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This dish is perfect for dessert or as an appetizer. It highlights the flavour of globe artichoke hearts with a delicate avocado sauce.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting5 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodblender, frying pan
  • Estimated cost$3.43 $1.72 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.02
  • $2.99
  • $0.07
  • $0.07
  • $0.23
  • $0.05

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the asparagus, cut off the stems, then pour lime juice over the cut surfaces. ≈ 8 min
  2. Steep in cold, salted water for about 40 minutes.
  3. Empty the avocado, then coat it with lemon juice (to prevent it from browning). ≈ 8 min
  4. Add the avocado flesh, as well as all other avocado-based ingredients, to the blender and blend until smooth.
  5. Now, taste it. ≈ 2 min
  6. Serve the globe artichokes on a plate, and place the avocado-based sauce alongside. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Artichoke heart with avocado sauce

  • salt$0.02
  • A ripe avocado$2.99
  • Lime juice$0.07
  • pepper, salt$0.07
  • Plain yogurt, Becher$0.23
  • 1 large garlic clove or 2 smaller cloves$0.05

Total$3.43

that's $1.72 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 cauliflower
  • salt
  • A ripe avocado
  • Lime juice
  • pepper, salt
  • 1 container of thick cream
  • Plain yogurt, Becher
  • 1 large garlic clove or 2 smaller cloves

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