what the artichoke?

we have a little place here that cc took me to that has the most amazing appetizer:

grilled artichoke with a naughty aioli sauce.

of course, we had to try to re-create it!

we boiled the chokes till they were relaxed,

then after we cut em in half, 

we dumped a whole lotta butta and santa maria seasoning on em 

{specific to our area out here... but you could probably get away with using lowry's}

then after it's grilled...

we made this aioli sauce... 

{compliments of martha}

but we added more heat...

 

i may have found a new love...