Italian Artichokes

Ingredients:
3 Italian Artichokes (a smaller softer-leaved Artichoke)
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons ground Cumin
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Water
a Pressure Cooker*

Directions:
Cut the tips off of the stems of the Artichokes. If the artichokes are too long to fit in the pressure cooker, then cut them down to size, but keep the stems and throw in the pressure cooker. Add all ingredients and then fill up the pressure cooker with water enough to cover most of the artichoke, but not too much. The more water that is in the pressure cooker, the blander the spices will be. I also don't recomend filling up the pressure cooker more than half way, doing so could make the boilling water spout out through the pressure escape valve.

Place on the stove top and set to the highest temperature. Once the preassure has built up to maximum, set a timer for 20 minutes, and let it continue to cook. When the 20 minutes are over, turn off the sotve and let the pressure cooker realease all its built up pressure, then carefully open, and enjoy!

This makes an excellent side dish, cook more or less Italian Artichokes with this recipe adjusting the spice amounts accordingly. To have an artichoke as a main course, just use Globe artichokes instead (because they are larger), just bump up the cooking time to 30 minutes.

*It is VERY important to use a pressure cooker for this recipe, or it could take hours too cook.