Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 to 5 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 3/4 pound radicchio
  • 1 cup arborio rice
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 2 ounces ( 1/2 cup) freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method

  • Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot.
  • Put the broth on to heat in a separate pot.
  • Saute the onion in the oil until it takes on a little color.
  • Meanwhile wash the radicchio and cut off core.
  • Add the rice to the onion and stir until it is well coated.
  • Add the wine to rice and onion and stir; let the wine cook away, about 2 minutes, stirring.
  • Shred the radicchio with a knife.
  • Add about a cup of simmering chicken broth to rice and cook over high heat, stirring very often until broth has evaporated.
  • Repeat the procedure, this time adding the shredded radicchio.
  • Continue adding broth and stirring, cooking until broth evaporates.
  • You may not need all the broth to cook the rice.
  • Meanwhile finely grate the cheese.
  • When rice is tender and there is still enough broth left in the rice to make it slightly runny, add the cheese, stirring well, season with pepper and serve.