Crawfish Stuffed Artichokes

Ingredients

• 6 whole artichokes
• 1 pound crawfish tails, drained and chopped
• 6 lemon slices
• ½ pound smoked bacon, sliced
• 6 cups Italian bread crumbs
• 1½ cups freshly grated Romano cheese
• 1½ cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup thinly sliced green onions
• ½ cup minded parsley
• ½ cup minced garlic
• salt and cracked black pepper to taste
• cayenne pepper to taste
• 2 tbsps chopped basil
• 3 cups extra virgin olive oil