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Language: Italian
Description: Radicchio di Verona is a variety of radicchio with rounded, solid heads of purplish red with wide white blades. Good in salads with a sweetish dressing, but not to be overlooked as an ingredient for risotto or as an accompaniment to meats either braised, baked or grilled.
| Radicchio di Verona for sale at the Rialto Market in Venice |
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Pronounced: rah-DEE-kyoh dee veh-ROH-nah
Latin: Cichorium intybus (Linnaeus) (Rubifolium Group) 'Rossa di Verona'
Gender: m
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Substitutes: radicchio, rocket or any other bitter salad leaves.
See places: Italian food and cuisine
See foods and dishes: radicchio
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