GRILLED SAUSAGES AND RADICCHIO

Grilled Sausages and Radicchio image

For at least one meal at your summer rental, serve sausages. They come seasoned and self-contained, with no need for condiments or sauces. After a long trip, you just throw them on the grill or under a broiler, and serve with a salad on the side. Or, even better, toss them into your salad (in this case, a lightly grilled radicchio salad), letting their fat flavor the leaves along with the lemon juice and good olive oil you also packed.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories dinner, easy, quick, main course

Time 15m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 large heads radicchio, about 10 ounces each
3 to 4 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, more to taste
1/4 teaspoon salt, more to taste
2 pounds sweet or hot Italian sausages
1 lemon, halved
Basil leaves, for serving

Steps:

Light or heat up the grill. Halve radicchios lengthwise through stem end, and toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil (or more if you need it to coat) and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Put radicchios, cut side down, and sausages on the grill and cover. Let cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until outer radicchio leaves are dark brown. Transfer to a cutting board and let cool while sausages finish cooking, about 5 minutes more.
When cool enough to handle, thinly slice radicchios. The outsides should be charred, and the insides should still be crisp and raw. Combine in a bowl with another 2 tablespoons olive oil and the juice of half a lemon. Taste and correct seasonings, adding lemon juice, salt and olive oil to taste.
Spread radicchio on a platter and top with grilled sausages. Garnish with basil and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 926, UnsaturatedFat 52 grams, Carbohydrate 9 grams, Fat 83 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 35 grams, SaturatedFat 27 grams, Sodium 1690 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram