Green lettuce in fancy clothes

Treviso Radicchio.

As mentioned in prior posts, every two weeks we receive an order of produce.  In each order there are items that we have either not used before, ever heard of, or even purchase if we came across some of those things in a store.

Tonight it was Treviso Radicchio.  How does one plan a meal around that?  And by the way, what the heck is it?  Well, it is basically a red lettuce that can be consumed any way one chooses.  Fire it in a salad, wilt it in a pan, bake it in an Italian dish, or even toss on the grill.

Tonight I put it in a dish similar to homemade macaroni and cheese, only this time wilting it in a pan with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and evaporated milk.  The end product was pretty good and nicely complimented by sausage.  The taste of the cooked radicchio was smokey with a hint of bitter, though the bite can be controlled by cutting off more of the white.

Treviso Radicchio pasta dish.

Next, I need to find out what to do with red kale and baby white turnips.  I do enjoy having something to occupy my mind and change up dinnertime on these miserable rainy days.