Are you looking for an original and delicate recipe? Then this radicchio and apple risotto is for you!

Haha, what do you think of the photo? As you can see, this time I tried hard to plate seriously and professionally!! Well, ‘professionally’ is a bit of a joke, let’s say in a way… like a serious and committed blogger… oh dear, serious and committed, no!!! Okay, fine, I give up, I will just say… I tried to show you this risotto the best way my photography skills allowed, and maybe, who knows, maybe I even succeeded. More or less.
Come on, let’s say it, I still need to practice a bit more, photographing risottos. If you want to check out my previous risottos with your own eyes, click here and here to admire the photos of the whole grain rice with vegetables and the red wine risotto. Great risottos, I can say that, but so-so photos, I can say that too. I did slightly better here, with the mushroom risotto, but not by much. In short, photographing rice is not my strong suit. 😀

Now though, with this beautiful presentation of a pastel-colored ‘coppa pasta’ risotto (a fantastic neologism, and heaven help you if you laugh!), laid on a radicchio leaf and with apple in the foreground… Yes, apple in the foreground because apple is the key ingredient of this recipe. As you can tell from the title.
But guys… whew!! Oh, what hard work taking this photo!!! Fork yes or fork no? Apples in the foreground or on the side? Top view or front view?
I ask for opinions and the photos I like are always and invariably rejected. By my husband! Who always likes the photo I would have discarded! 😮

Ok. Come on, I joked a bit! Sunday always puts me in a good mood!

Now though, before moving on to the recipe, I want to say two serious things.

First of all, a thank you. Thanks to Angela from the blog Che Buono! who introduced me to this ‘anti-bitter’ use of apples. Without her recipe, I would never have thought of cooking a radicchio and apple risotto (update: unfortunately her blog is no longer active, what a pity!).

The combination of red radicchio and apple is perfect: the radicchio loses its bitterness, and the apple doesn’t make the risotto sweet.
I like the bitterness of radicchio but my children obviously don’t. This way I managed to make the radicchio palatable for them, creating a delicate risotto that, beyond the tastes of children, can easily be proposed for a special occasion, a celebration, a romantic dinner, or a Sunday lunch… In short, decide how and when, but try it. 😉

Secondly, another thank you and a greeting. Thanks and greetings to Valentina from the blog A Sweet a Day because with this recipe I conclude my participation in the project she created 50 Shades of…Apple. So with this recipe, I greet her and all the participating bloggers who have given and will give us, since there are still about ten recipes left until the project’s conclusion, many excellent sweet and savory recipes. My previous three recipes (which I will link in a few lines) and today’s radicchio and apple risotto are all intentionally non-sweet recipes (sure, there was a pinch of sugar in the baked apples, but it wasn’t a dessert), because the use of apples in cooking is a world, in my opinion, still to be discovered. I hope with my recipes from this project I have given you some inspiration, some ideas for your culinary experiments.

And now, are you ready for the recipe?

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