Cardoon

Cardoon is family of the artichoke. This vegetable belongs in the Netherlands to the "Heirloom vegetables". You eat the young flower heads, the harts of the flowers, the stems and the veins of the leaves of cardoon. You can cook, steam, stew, blanche and stir-fry cardoon. You can also use this vegetable in soup. The fresh and slightly bitter flavour of cardoon is very similar to the taste of artichoke.