Fattoria La Vialla Organic Artichokes in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Fattoria La Vialla is a family-run, organic-biodynamic farm and wine estate. Already a farm over two centuries ago, it was retrieved from abandon and taken into safekeeping by the Lo Franco Family in 1978. Today La Vialla uses organic and biodynamic methods to cultivate 1,600 hectares/3,954 acres of land (with the largest Demeter certified surface area in Europe) and produces its own wine, extra virgin olive oil, pecorino cheese, appetizers, sauces, pasta, vinegar, honey, biscuits and other sweet delicacies – directly from vineyard to bottle, from vegetable patch to jar.

Their artichokes are some of the best we've ever encountered. Prepared whole according to an old recipe, blanched with bay leaves and black peppercorns, and put into jars and covered with EVOO. Save that oil to dress spring and summer vegetables or meats. Serve the artichokes as an appetizer or work into pasta dishes. YUM!