I have been wanting to make a Gribiche Sauce ever since I first read about it in an old edition of Gourmet Traveller which teamed it with some deep-fried Artichokes.  The other day in the greengrocer I saw some gorgeous artichokes that prompted my memory of this dish.

These looked so beautiful…but first, let’s talk Gribiche.  Gribiche is a French sauce…kind of like a tartare sauce with hard-boiled eggs.  It is really tasty.  I love the way the creaminess of the eggs offset against the sharpness of the vinegar, cornichons and capers.  These are my flavours!!!

And I also adore artichokes, but hardly ever cook them because let’s face it, they are not the most user friendly of veg are they?  Even if they are one of the prettiest!

These were so fun to eat. I can just imagine, after the ‘rona, when we can entertain again, having a row of these down the table with little dishes of gribiche for people to dip into!  But wait!!!  The fun doesn’t stop there.  These are also incredibly fun to make.  Watch the leaves as they fry…

They move!!!!

How cool is that!  Have you ever seen anything like it? Also apologies for the sound of my podcast coming through – I was so excited and wanted to capture these moving leaves that I didn’t have time to turn it off!  And if anyone else out there listens to Kim and Ket Stay Alive – Maybe, Hey!  How are you!  I am a fellow fan!

The recipe for the Gribiche Sauce in Gourmet Traveller is pretty fancy in that it contains both chervil and tarragon, neither of which are currently available, it being the dead of winter here!  Also, I’m not sure if chervil has ever been available in the shops.  I feel it is something you need to grow.  And I used the last of my homegrown tarragon for Meredith Baxter Birney’s Tarragon Chicken.  So, I fried the artichokes according to the Gournet Traveller recipe but I made the Gribiche Sauce using this recipe from the New York Times.    I did have a little dill in the fridge which I added because I thought it might help to give a slightly aniseedy flavour which would have been present with the chervil and tarragon.

The Recipe

Other Ways To Use Gribiche

If you happen to have some Gribiche sauce left over after making this, you can use it up in the following ways:

• With Asparagus – this seems to be a very popular combination.  I love toast so this recipe caught my eye!
• And speaking of toast, Australian Gourmet Traveller has a recipe for  grilled cheese with speck and gribiche.  It looks spec(k)tacular!
• Heston likes it in a salad
• It goes well with chicken
• And fish
• Even beef can take a bit of Gribiche sauce!

So no shortage of options for any leftovers!

That’s me done!  Have a wonderful week everyone!