"Radicchio is a leaf chicory (Cichorium intybus, Asteraceae), sometimes known as Italian chicory and is a perennial. It is grown as a leaf vegetable which usually has white-veined red leaves. It has a bitter and spicy taste, which mellows when it is grilled or roasted" - Wiki. And we love it in salads and cooked in pasta and rice dishes as well.
Here is an easy (so quick to make it!) and fantastic recipe suggested by my friend Marco's Mamma Giovanna.
Ingredients for 2 people:
* 250 g of Maccheroni Martelli
* 1 Radicchio
* 150 g of Gorgonzola blue cheese (but Stilton is good as well!)
* 10 Walnuts
* butter
* 1 garlic clove
Steps:
1 - Boil the water to cook the Maccheroni pasta. In the meantime wash carefully the radicchio and cut into small slices.
2 - Heat a large frying pan and let golden the garlic clove on a bit of butter, then add the Radicchio, cover it with a lid and cook it for about 8-10 minutes.
4 - Once the Radicchio gets softer add the Gorgonzola (cut in cubes) and the Walnuts and pour a bit of the boiling water in the pan too. Mix all until the gorgonzola melts then stop the fire.
5 - When the pasta is ready, drain it and mix it directly in the frying pan together with the melting gorgonzola, the radicchio and the walnuts.
Your delicious pasta will impress your guests!
I would definitely enjoy a glass of our special Grüner Veltliner from Austria with this dish!
Buon appetito!
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