Soy milk is actually in my best friend in the kitchen.
I've never really loved sour cream, I find it fatty, with a doughy taste, and I've recently discovered a slightly intolerance to it.
It's really practical and fast to use while cooking, but I've found that soy milk made recipes are lighter, and I like them the most!! Every ingredient immediately "cream", indeed I usally made mushrooms creamy pasta this way. On the other hand, I'm happy when I can replace dairy products. This evening I've tried with artichokes, and a very pleasant dish came out!
Ingredients for two people
180g/6.4 oz short pasta (I chose this kind, called "farfalle". Don't they do look like real butterflies?)
2 artichokes
2 cups soy milk (without sugar!)
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Half cup warm water
Half tsp home made flavouring (if you don't have any, use vegetable broth instead of water)
Salt, pepper, dill
First of all, clean the artichokes. After cleansing them, eliminate outer leavest and cut transversally the remaining bud to eliminate the chewy ends. Cut each one in halves and then in four. Remove the inner fuzzy centers, and we've done!
Now, let's prepare the sauce: Sligthly fry them in olive oil with the crushed garlic clover. After a few minutes add the warm water and the flavouring (or broth). Cook at high heat with lid for 10 minutes, i. e. until they will become tender. Finally add the soy milk and let thicken the cream without lid at medium heat. Mean while, prepare pasta: put on high heat a capacious eot full of water and let it reaching boiling point. Now we can add pasta and a tbsp of salt. Do not add this two ingredients earlier. In the first case, pasta will be overcooked, while in the second, water will boil slower. Let pasta cook for a few minutes, regulate with the instructions on the package. It's ready when it's cooked within too, but still "resist" under teeth. I's called "al dente" cooking. Pasta should be always served like this. Now we are ready to drain it and add to the cream. Add pepper and dill to your own taste.
It's a really fast to prepare recipe, with a few ingredients we can make a delicious and snappy plate.
Hope you enjoyed it!
