Grilled and baked radicchio
Cooking radicchio sweetens and mellows its slightly astringent flavour. This is good as part of a range of antipasti, alongside pork chops, chicken or fish, chopped up in pasta or tossed in a salad with fresh leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 large radicchio head
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 100g pancetta or smoked bacon
- 125g Fontina or Gruyere cheese in thin slices
- salt and pepper
Method
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Step 1
Preheat grill to medium and oven to 190°C/Gas 5.
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Step 2
Remove any old outer leaves from the radicchio and trim the stems. Cut into eight pieces and lay on a baking tray. Brush with olive oil and season, put under the grill and cook gently for 15 minutes. Brush with more oil and check that the leaves are not burning.
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Step 3
Remove from the grill and lay a slice of pancetta and a slice of cheese on each piece and sprinkle on some pepper. Put in the oven for 5-8 minutes or until the cheese has melted.