Baked radicchio

Baked Treviso radicchio is a side dish rich in flavor and perfect to pair with any course. Here is the very simple recipe, to be proposed on any occasion!

Today we prepare a very simple side dish: baked radicchio. For this dish you don't need much effort , much less many ingredients, but simply some good fresh radicchio and some seasonings .

If you love the strong taste of this dish, we absolutely recommend it, especially if you are preparing a dinner or lunch and you don't have too much time to think about the side dish. Furthermore, it is a recipe that really has no flaws: it is good, delicious, quick, very simple and… definitely cheap ! Are you ready ? So let's go straight to the kitchen and see the recipe for baked radicchio!

Enjoy your baked Treviso radicchio accompanying it with cheese, meat or fish.

And here is an easy video recipe for preparing this side dish, however you can very well enrich the vegetables with other flavors or with a fatty part (how? Follow the variant just below).

If you are looking for other simple but original ways to prepare radicchio as a side dish then we recommend caramelized radicchio , ideal for toning down its bitter taste, grilled radicchio, excellent with cheeses, and practical cooking in an air fryer .

Conservation

We recommend storing the side dish in the fridge for a maximum of 2-3 days after cooking and inside a special container with an airtight lid.

Baked radicchio with cheese and bacon

An absolutely delicious variant of this recipe for light baked Treviso radicchio is the one with the addition of grated Parmesan and diced bacon. Prepare a plate of grated cheese with the appropriate tool and about 200 g of diced bacon . All you have to do is season as in the classic recipe for baked red radicchio but, after seasoning, also add plenty of cheese and a few cubes of bacon for each slice of radicchio.

Other variations

Let's now see some other more elaborate variations of this dish, with the addition of some delicious ingredients !

• Baked radicchio au gratin: in this case the recipe is exactly the same, but you will have to make a delicious gratin with breadcrumbs, parmesan, salt and pepper. Cut the heads in half, sprinkle them and cook them in the oven.
• Baked radicchio with gorgonzola and honey: given the bitter taste of this ingredient, you can cook it in the oven with salt, oil and pepper, and then take it out and sprinkle it with a drizzle of honey and chunks of gorgonzola , which will melt on contact with the heat of the vegetables. How delicious!

How to remove bitterness from red radicchio

Before cooking the radicchio in the oven, you can also make sure to soften the very bitter taste of this vegetable. To do this, soak the heads, after having washed them thoroughly, in about 1 liter of water mixed with 1 glass of white vinegar and 1 level teaspoon of salt . Leave the vegetable to soak for at least 30 minutes then rinse everything under cold water, pat dry and proceed with the preparation.

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