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Olive Garden Baked Stuffed Artichokes with Focaccia Recipe

Make our Olive Garden Baked Stuffed Artichokes with Focaccia Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Stuffed Artichokes will taste just like Olive Garden’s.
Prep Time45 minutes
Active Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Keyword: Olive Garden

Ingredients

Artichokes & Stock

  • 2 fresh Artichokes
  • 1 fresh Lemons cut in 1/2
  • 1 small Onion roughly chopped
  • 8 cups Water
  • 4 cups White Wine
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 4 Black Peppercorns

Topping

  • 6 tablespoons Fontina Cheese shredded
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese grated
  • Artichoke Stuffing
  • 1/4 cup Butter salted
  • 1 cup Onion small diced
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh Garlic chopped
  • 1 teaspoon fresh Basil or 1/4 teaspoon dried Basil chopped
  • 1/2 cup Plum Tomatos diced, remove jelly and seeds
  • 2 tablespoon Parmesan cheese grated
  • 1 1/4 cup Foccacia Bread small diced
  • 1/2 cup White Wine
  • 2 teaspoon Flat Leaf Parsley chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste

Instructions

Artichoke Stuffing

  • Use scissors to snip off sharp points of each artichoke leaf.
  • Combine lemon halves, chopped onion, water, wine, bay leaf and peppercorns in a stock pot.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Add artichokes. Simmer until artichokes are tender, about 10 - 15 minutes.
  • Remove pot from heat and allow artichokes to cool in stock.

Stuffing

  • Melt butter in a medium saucepan.
  • Add remaining onions and garlic. Sauté for 5 minutes.
  • Add remaining ingredients and let cool.
  • Cut cooled artichokes in half, lengthwise, exposing inner leaves.
  • Scoop out center prickly leaves with a teaspoon, leaving the choke (heart) intact.
  • Place stuffing in the hollowed-out artichoke.
  • Top with cheeses.
  • Place in oven and bake at 350ºF until center is hot, about 20 minutes.

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