Radicchio or Italian chicory (Cichorium intybus) and is a perennial plant and it’s grown as a leaf vegetable which usually has white-veined red leaves. It has a slighly bitter and spicy taste, which mellows when it is grilled or roasted.In Italian cuisine, it is usually eaten grilled in olive oil, or mixed into dishes such as risotto. Beside Radicchio risotto, i like to served radicchio raw as a salad, usually with Grilled Angus Ribeye Beef Steak with Jerussalem Artichoke, Tofu and Tarragon Vinnaigrette
The bitter edge of radicchio is cooked off a bit in this risotto, but the primary flavor does involve the sophisticated slightly bitter flavor one expects in chicories, endives, and radicchio. The like to add some Danish blue cheese to the because the creamy and cheesey taste milder the bitter flavour. AYou can use any of theese for this recipe, and don’t forget to double the amount to get the same effect as the blue cheese. For making the quick and easy radicchio risotto, you should use arborio rice or any short grain rice because it cooked faster than medium or long grain rice. This is needed because you don’t wanna overcooked the radicchio.
For the protein, i’m using mantis shrimp or mantis prawn or Canocchie in Italian. I’ve ever made Deep Fried Mantis Shrimp with Salt and Pepper Crispy Butter Cereal or Oatmeal and Stir Fry Mantis Shrimp with Black Pepper Sauce Recipe, i’m better be using another ccoking technique for it with is simple grilling. The grilled mantis shrimp is marinated with salt and peper then drenched with some lime juice and olive oil. Instead of throwing away, the rest of the mantis shrimp shell and head i use for cooking the risotto, it’s made the risotto taste even better. Usually the mantis shrimp head and the head is add to the broth that using for making the risotto, but i’m not that kind of patient to reduce the broth for infused the mantis shrimp flavour.
Radicchio Rosotto Recipe:
- 1 medium size head radicchio, diced
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cups aborio rice (any short grain rice)
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 50 gr blue cheese (about 4 tbsp), or any kind of cheee
- salt and pepper to taste
Instruction:
- In a medium saucepan bring the broth to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer.
- In another medium saucepan, heat up the butter and olive oil.
- Add the chopped onion and stirring occasionally, until tender, for about 3 minutes.
- Add the radicchio and and stirring occasionally, until wilted and tender, about 5 minutes.
- (Add the mantis shrimp shell to enhance the flavour if you like )
- Add the aborio rice and stir to combine thoroughly and to ensure that each grain of rice is coated with butter.
- Add the red wine and cook, stirring, until the liquid is absorbed.
- Add 1 cup of the broth and cook, stirring, until liquid is absorbed.
- Repeat with a second cup of broth. After that batch is absorbed repeat with 1/2 cup amounts until the rice is tender, about 25 minutes total.
- Stir in the blue cheese and dont’s forget to discard the mantis shrimp shell
- Serve the risotto immediately with grilled mantis shrimp
Grilled Mantis Shrimp Recipe:
- 2 medium size mantis shrimp, cleaned, deshelled (Use the shell and the head for cooking the risotto)
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt and peper to taste
Instruction:
- Mix all the mantis shrimp with all the ingredients, let it marinade for about 5 minutes in the fridge
- Discard the liquid and pat dry, springkle with more olive oil and peppercorn if you like
- Grilled the mantis shrimp with medium heat until done.
- Serve it over the risotto
Looks delicious! I love the pictures!
Never had mantis shrimp. It looks delicious.
Looks very fancy and love the color! I’m learning a lot of new food from your site. I only wish that I can eat what you cook. It’s like eating at a fancy restaurant! 🙂
They look very tempting.
Looks delicious! Interesting use of ingredients, and your photos look great!
A wonderful risotto, Dedy. You amaze me with the variety of seafood in your diet. You enjoy a far wider assortment than we do. 🙂
My take is the grilled mantis shrimp because we are big eaters of rice and risotto somehow get stuck in our throat. Still, the prawns can be a side with our rice or a simple stir fried noodle.
deddd………..nasinya jadi cantik banget gitu yaa pink hehehe
kirain pake beras merah….
resep diatas pake arborio rice mas….
berasnya pendek n kecil2
I love the idea of radicchio in risotto! Never had that before, and it’s so colorful. Fun post – thanks so much.
The risotto looks and sounds amazing. I would surely love to try this one. Thanks for sharing!
It Looks very nice ,and I love the way you present it,I ‘m on the wayyyyy……;-)Thank you
Oh? So that’s what a mantis prawn is called? Ronggeng is a traditional Malay dance. Gosh!!! Everything you cook looks soooo good! Great job! My daughter would love this – her kind of cuisine.
Awesome risotto Dedy!
What a fabulous dish – masterful!
Mary x
I’m really getting to like bitter flavours now. I never grew up eating any so they took a bit of getting used to but now I love them! 🙂
I do not really like Italian foods but I seen them someday in Master Chef USA which is one of the contestant from Italy cooking Risotto and it looks so delicious! I really wanna try them, but unluckily I still do not like it! 😆
Pasta and Pizza its only acceptable Italian food for my tongue he he he
You have so many receipt and I do really wanna try them someday coz I do not know how to cook 😀
This is a very different risotto recipe, nice one Dedy
pernah ku bikin sop pake kol merah itu, warnanya jadi merah semua.. akhirnya bikin bubur aja deh, eh merah juga.. seru warnanya.. lebih keren lagi kalu dicampur udang ronggeng ya..
What a lovely risotto. I actually adore bitter leaves like radicchio… and it gives such beautiful colour too to the risotto. And the combination with creamy blue cheese… oh yum! My mouth waters just thinking about it…
Looks yummy!
By the way, semula aku salah baca lho Mas, aku pikir grilled mantis (belalang bakar), kata-kata shrimp-nya ketinggalan 😀
This risotto looks fantastic and so flavorful! I’ve never tried using radicchio in risotto but it sounds like a great idea, thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Love this grilled mantis shrimp. Beautiful and bright dish with great flavors. Take Care, BAM
Oh, it’s your turn to make risotto! Love the pinky rice with my face seaafood 🙂
I love risotto and I LOVE seafood even more. Looks delectable!
I’ve never thought of the addition of radicchio in risotto, how interesting!
I have never seen that kin of shrimp before. Great dish with it.
Un plato fabulosos lleno de sabor me encanta su elegancia,voy a contestarle en inglés sobre la receta de pan Hallulla (se inglés pero quiero mantener mi página en español,abrazos.
Thankyou mi amigo, al menos, que la única palabra española que conozco (estoy usando el traductor de google para esto)
How marvelous! I need to make risotto soon…and adding ingredients like radicchio and blue cheese would never have crossed my mind. Love this!
I love risotto and this one looks perfect!
Risotto is one of my favorite dishes, and I found that roasted radicchio with that slight bitter flavor works amazing! I don’t like fishy stuff, but this recipe is wonderful.
beautiful food you’ve there!