Grilled Radicchio with Malbec Barbecue Sauce
This recipe combines the pair in a simple appetizer or side dish finished with creamy goat cheese and toasted hazelnuts. The Malbec becomes the backbone for a barbecue sauce used to flavor the radicchio before it’s put on the grill and set to char along the edges. The smooth wine and a tangy goat cheese mellow out the bitterness of the radicchio, and the dish is complete with the crunch of fragrant hazelnuts.
Servings 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 heads radicchio washed
- 1/3 cup whole hazelnuts
- 4 ounce log of goat cheese
- For the sauce
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ½ cup Malbec
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon sunflower oil
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire
Instructions
- Preheat grill with high heat.
- Prepare the barbecue sauce by combining all ingredients in a bowl and mixing thoroughly with a whisk.
- Slice radicchio in half and slice those into three pieces.
- Place in pan and coat radicchio with sauce.
- Meanwhile, measure hazelnuts and finely chop.
- Put hazelnuts in a skillet and set on low heat area of the grill for 10 minutes. Alternatively, toast inside on your stove-top until hazelnuts are fragrant and beginning to brown.
- Place radicchio on grill for 3-4 minutes each side.
- Arrange radicchio on a plate and top with hazelnuts and crumbled goat cheese.
- Pair with a glass of Malbec!