Meaning of radicchio | Babel Free

Definitions

A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.

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Examples

“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 coronets.”

“Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.”

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