Artichokes with herbs

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

2 lg Artichokes (or 4 medium)
1 sm Carrot
1 sm Onion
1 tb Olive oil
2 tb Parsley; chopped
1/2 ts Basil leaves dried
1/2 ts Oregano
1/2 ts Dill weed
1 Garlic clove Salt
1 c Wine

Instructions:

dry white Pepper to taste With scissors or sharp knife cut 1 1/2 inches off top of each artichoke; cut off stems. Pull leaves open at top; remove center leaves and scrape out choke with spoon. In blender or food processor combine carrot onion parsley dried herbs garlic and salt and black pepper to taste; process until finely chopped. Stuff herb mixture between leaves of artichokes. Place cooking rack wine and 1/2 cup water in 4- or 6-qt pressure cooker. Place artichokes on rack; close cover securely. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Cook 20 minutes at 15 pounds pressure with pressure regulator rocking slowly. Cool cooker at once. Remove artichokes and rack; keep warm. Boil liquid left in pressure cooker about 5 minutes or until reduced to 1/4 cup; stir in red pepper. To serve spoon cookng liquid over artichokes. Per serving: About 115 cal; 2.5 g prot; 11 g carb; 3.5 g fat (27% of calories from fat); 0 mg chol; 67 mg sod From the files of DEEANNE