Ingredients

  • 4 pounds chicken
  • 2 cloves garlic finely minced
  • 4 tablespoons rosemary leaves chopped
  • 2 tablespoons black pepper freshly ground
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, extra-virgin
  • 2 ounces prosciutto rind
  • 2 ounces parmesan rind
  • 2 medium red onion sliced into 1-inch disks
  • 1 glass lambrusco
  • 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar plus 4 tablespoons
  • 6 large radicchio
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, extra-virgin

Method

  • Rinse and pat dry chicken.
  • Remove the giblets and set aside.
  • Chop the garlic, rosemary, pepper and sea salt together and mix with virgin olive oil.
  • Rub the outside of the chicken all over with the rosemary mixture.
  • Place the Prosciutto and Parmesan rinds inside the cavity and allow to sit refrigerated overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and preheat grill.
  • Place onion disks and giblets in bottom of a small heavy bottomed roasting pan.
  • Place chicken on top of onions, breast side up.
  • Pour glass of Lambrusco over onions and rub chicken all over with 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar.
  • Place in oven and cook for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a skewer pushed into thickest part of the thigh shows clear -- not bloody -- juices.
  • Cut the Radicchio in half lengthwise and place it on the grill and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side.
  • Remove from grill and brush with extra virgin olive oil and set aside.
  • Remove bird from oven and allow to rest 5 minutes.
  • Transfer the chicken to a carving platter.
  • Put onions and giblets in a bowl, with the juices.
  • Carve the chicken, drizzle with remaining vinegar and serve immediately.