
Photo by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott
I'm captivated by winter chicories. Tardivo and Treviso—with their tangled, tightly bundled, elongated leaves—are varieties that look like sea creatures. Castelfranco radicchio, with its delicate pink-flecked leaves, looks painterly, like a bouquet of peonies. This bold salty-sweet dressing and bitter chicories are flavor heavyweights; they stand up to and complement one another in this simple striking salad.
This recipe was excerpted from ‘Simple Pasta’ by Odette Williams. Buy the full book on Amazon. This book was selected as one of the best cookbooks of 2022.
Tip:
If you don’t have date molasses but are lucky enough to have small, soft Barhi dates that taste like caramel, substitute 2 finely chopped dates for the 2 teaspoons date molasses.


