How to Make Radicchio Pesto. The radicchio it is a vegetable with a thousand properties, it is slightly bitter, widely used in the kitchen and pizzeria. It is prepared in many different ways, creme, in salads, grilled, and don't miss the "pesto" version.

Let's not forget its beneficial properties, highly appreciated by those with liver problems or inflammation of the gastric system.

How to Make Radicchio Pesto

Its bitter aftertaste is due to the fact that it belongs to the chicory family. Fortunately, it can be found on supermarket counters all year round.

Radicchio pesto is a cream with which it is possible to dress pasta, vegetables, meat.

Here are the ingredients for the preparation of pesto:

Radicchio

1 onion

Extra virgin olive oil

100 grams of grated Parmigiano Reggiano

100 grams of fresh ricotta

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Pepe

Oregano

Basil

Easy preparation

Wash the radicchio, chop and drain well. Brown it in a pan with a drizzle of oil together with the onion. When it is wilted put it in your blender with the ricotta, a pinch of salt and basil.

Add the Parmesan, the oil little by little and done. If you wish to keep it for a few days, put it in the refrigerator in a jar covered with extra virgin olive oil, or alternatively you can freeze it.

Taste it on bruschetta ... delicious.

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Oil flavored with lemon. Here we are, for those like me who live in the countryside, it is time to buy the new oil. When we talk about oil, undoubtedly we choose extra virgin olive oil. You all know how important the oil in the dough of the pizza, not to make mistakes, I visited the local mill that supplies me every year: OLEIFICIO Fiobo.

Have you ever tasted a bruschetta with freshly pressed oil? absolutely fantastic, to try.

Oil flavored with lemon

We often talked about in our post of how important the acidity and one of the best ways to add it to our plates is still valid lemon juice. We do not always happen to have in our house to hand lemons, so often it makes use of oil flavored with lemon.

The oil flavored with lemon, It is often used in the kitchen and pizzeria. E’ absolutely delicious used as a condiment on meats and fish, and it is great when added to a freshly baked focaccia, or on a simple bruschetta.

Oil flavored with lemon

Preparation

We buy good lemons, I suggest those who have irregular zest, unlike the other with smooth rind,that they are from juice and lend themselves less to our recipe.

Choose extra virgin light olive oil, to a slightly lighter color, that will not go to cover the delicate lemon flavor.

Cut the peel. For this particular preparation, We will not use the lemon juice, but the peel, just we will cut the yellow rind of lemon carefully separating it from the white. Similarly with which it is prepared the liquor limoncello.

Prepare a container with an airtight cover,wash it and dry it well.

Pour the lemon peel and cover with extra virgin olive oil.

Our lemon flavored oil will be ready after 3 rest days.

Decant the oil and throw the lemon zest.

Our oil is ready to use almost anywhere in the kitchen, even on many hot dishes.

In pizzeria during the course of the pizza maker courses, we use oil flavored with lemon to flavor pizza with rocket, of freshly baked cakes and vegetarian pizzas.

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