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Potatoes and artichokes are baked together with onions in the oven with olive oil and lemon.
Name - Recipe
Πατάτες με αγκινάρες.
6-8 large potatoes
2 tins of artichokes
1 large onion
½ glass of olive oil
¼ glass of lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Clean and wash the potatoes and cut them into large pieces. Put them in a large baking tin. Drain the water from the artichokes and distribute them over the potatoes. Add the onion cut into rings, drizzle some olive oil over the potatoes and add the lemon juice, salt and pepper (to taste). Place aluminum foil over the baking tin and bake at 180 °C for 40 minutes. (Kyperounda)
Baking in the oven.
Additional information and bibliography
Oral testimony: See Kourri, P. and Lazarou, S. (eds.) (2007). Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data.
Stalo Lazarou
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