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Recipe: Grilled Radicchio Salad

Serves four.

• 4 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• ½ teaspoon pepper, or to taste
• 2 heads radicchio
• 2 large tomatoes
• ½ medium sweet onion

Method:

In a mortar, pound garlic with salt to make a paste. Transfer to a medium nonreactive bowl & whisk in lemon juice & mustard. Slowly whisk in olive oil & add pepper. Set dressing aside. Cut radicchio in half & drizzle cut sides with olive oil. Slice tomatoes into wedges & onion into thin strips & set aside. Over medium-high heat, grill radicchio cut sides down for five minutes. Remove & roughly chop grilled radicchio. In a large bowl, toss with tomatoes, onions, & dressing. Serve warm.

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