Italian Food Recipes

In this delicious Italian dish I combine the bitter taste of Radicchio of Chioggia with the sweet taste of pear. This Italian recipe is ideal if you want to prepare a tasty and light first course in few times and in a simple way. If you want to obtain a good result you should prepare broth with fresh vegetables in particular carrot, celery, onion and potato. Then use fresh Radicchio of Chioggia and pear type Abate that is particularly juicy and sweet, and it produces a sort of caramel when you sauté it with some butter. In the end to finish the preparation of the dish sprinkle with some good Parmesan that join the taste of pear and Radicchio.

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
320 g of Rice
250 g of Radicchio
1 Pear
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
40 g of Butter
20 g of Parmesan
1 / 4 of Onion chopped
1 / 2 Glass of White wine
500 ml of water
1 / 2 of Onion cut in big pieces for broth
1 Carrot cut in big pieces for broth
1 Celery cut in big pieces for broth
1 Potato cut in big pieces for broth
Salt

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Nebbiolo d’Alba (Red Wine)

PREPARATION
Start with preparing the broth: place in a pan the water, big pieces of onion, celery, carrot, potato and salt and let the water boil until the vegetable are cooked.

Then begin to prepare the risotto. Clean radicchio

and cut it in thin stripes. Place in a pan the extra virgin olive oil, the butter and the chopped onion and let it golden

then add radicchio and let it cook for about 5 minutes until it wilts.

Now add the rice and make it roast for some minute, add the wine and let it evaporate.

Start to add 1 ladle of hot broth stirring until it is absorbed; continue in this way, adding ladles of hot broth, for about 15 - 18 minutes.

In the meantime prepare the pear, peel and cut it in cubes, place the cubes of pear in a pan with 20 g of butter and let it golden for about 3 – 5 minutes.

When the rice is ready add the pear and the Parmesan and mix all together.

At the end of the cooking the rice must be slightly firm to the teeth. Serve hot. This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!