The roasted Gorizia rose is a very easy and quick recipe to enhance all the organoleptic properties of this rare radicchio.

HERE the salad version simple or combined with traditional ingredients.

The Gorizia rose is the most prestigious and expensive radicchio, with a beautiful intense color and a bud-like shape reminiscent of a precious and elegant rose. Its flavor is decisive yet delicate, pleasantly bitter with a hint of hazelnut, while the texture is crunchy.
It is a Slow Food Presidium, its cultivation is long and laborious like that of the more widespread late Treviso radicchio, but its size is much smaller. There is also the Canary radicchio subtype, predominantly yellow and very hard to find.
Tradition sees it eaten raw with eggs or accompanied by beans or fried pork cracklings (fricis, frizis, le frizzis).

What is its price? The price of Gorizia radicchio is steep, ranging from 12 to 30 euros per kilogram. Here is the online sale.

SEASONALITY of Gorizia Rose Radicchio – from November to February.

RECIPES with Gorizia Rose Radicchio (also from Sacile or Isonzo)

recipe step photo - roasted Gorizia rose

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Expensive
Preparation time: 7 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Healthy
Seasonality: Winter

29.55 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 29.55 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 1.86 (g) of which sugars 0.25 (g)
Proteins 0.59 (g)
Fat 2.44 (g) of which saturated 0.36 (g)of which unsaturated 0.05 (g)
Fibers 0.37 (g)
Sodium 202.92 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 40 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Roasted Gorizia Rose

2 heads Gorizia Rose Radicchio (from Sacile or Isonzo)
to taste salt (and optionally chili powder)
1 drizzle extra virgin olive oil

Baking Dish flat

Roasted Gorizia Rose

Wash the Gorizia roses, then cut them into regular wedges.

Place in an oven-safe dish and simply season with a little salt and extra virgin olive oil.
Bake at 320 °F, on a low rack of the static oven, for 8 – 10 minutes or until the outer leaves are slightly wilted and the radicchio heart is still partially raw.

Serve hot or cold with a little balsamic vinegar or a drizzle of maple syrup (or honey for non-vegans).