Cookbook:Grilled Radicchio with Bacon Dressing

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Ingredients

• 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 2 tbs rendered bacon fat
• 2 tbs red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 large radicchio, quartered
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Procedure

1. Toss radicchio with 1/4 cup olive oil. Sprinkle liberally with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
2. Place on a medium grill and cook until marked on all sides and heated through.
3. Meanwhile, whisk together vinegar and mustard. In another bowl, combine oil and fat. Slowly stream in oil mixture into vinegar mixture while whisking continuously.
4. Drizzle dressing over radicchio and sprinkle with bacon. Serve warm.