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Ingredients

3 cups heavy whipping cream 1 cup chicken broth 1 bay leaf 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste 5 stalks cardoon, tough fibers pulled off, sliced into 2-inch pieces 2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese

Nutrition Info

424.8 calories carbohydrate: 3.9 g cholesterol: 152 mg fat: 41.8 g fiber: 0.5 g protein: 10.1 g saturatedFat: 25.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 197.1 mg sugar: 0.7 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Combine heavy cream, chicken broth, and bay leaf in a large saucepan, season with salt and pepper. Add cardoon pieces. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until cardoon is soft, about 1 hour.
Transfer cardoon pieces to a 9x13-inch baking dish with a slotted spoon.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Simmer cream mixture until reduced to 3/4 cup, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour cream over cardoon pieces in the baking dish. Sprinkle Gruyere cheese on top.
Bake in the preheated oven until top is browned, about 30 minutes.

8 servings

What to do with cardone/cardoon. Watch out for the prickles!