OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37650

radicchio

/ɹəˈdi.kjoʊ/
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radicchio
A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronet…
Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.
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