Ingredients

  • 2 large artichoke bottoms, cooked and cleaned
  • 2 red vine-ripened tomatoes
  • 2 yellow vine-ripened tomatoes
  • 2 ounces pistachios, ground into a flour (grind pistachios in grinder)
  • 16 ounces white port
  • 16 ounces white wine
  • 2 12 cups arugula
  • salt and pepper
  • 34 cup sherry wine vinegar
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Method

  • Cook artichokes in a pot with the port wine, white wine and some salt and pepper until fork tender.
  • Remove leaves and leave just the heart.
  • Bring a second pot of water to a boil.
  • Remove stems from the tomatoes & make a tiny slit in the top of each.
  • Blanch tomatoes in boiling water and place immediately in an ice bath.
  • Remove the skin and slice the tomatoes into eighths.
  • In a medium bowl, combine vinegar and olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Place tomatoes and arugula into the vinaigrette mixture.
  • Dress salad with vinaigrette.
  • Place salad in a single line on plate alternating tomatoes and artichokes.