Source: educazionenutrizionale.granapadano.it

Presentation

First course prepared with rice, red radicchio, Grana Padano PDO, onion, vegetable broth, extra virgin olive oil, butter and salt

Ingredients
Serves 4

• 280 g (9.9 oz / about 1½ cups) Vialone Nano rice (or Arborio rice)
• 150 g (5.3 oz / about 2 cups, sliced) Treviso red radicchio
• 40 g (1.4 oz / about ⅓ cup) Grana Padano PDO, shaved
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• Vegetable broth, as needed
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (20 g / 0.7 oz)
• 20 g (0.7 oz / about 1½ tablespoons) butter
• Salt, to taste

Method

Prepare the vegetable broth.

Cut the Treviso radicchio into strips, after washing and drying it.

In a saucepan, place the oil and the sliced onion

Sauté for about 4 minutes.

Add the radicchio and after 3-4 minutes pour in the rice, which you will brown for 1 minute, slightly raising the heat

Pour in the boiling broth until cooked.

Turn off the heat and add the remaining butter

Stir

Serve sprinkled with finely flaked Grana Padano PDO.

Allergens

Vegetable broth: check the composition for celery or other allergenic ingredients

Butter: milk allergens (except in clarified butter) if not clarified

Onion: possible reactivity in case of nickel allergy due to the vegetable’s ability to concentrate it

Grana Padano PDO: milk allergens, lysozyme from eggs

Extra virgin olive oil: unusual allergy; intolerance not described

Radicchio: possible individual intolerance

Rice: (allergy very common in the Far East, almost unknown in Italy and Europe). Possible cross-reaction in case of grass sensitivity

Notes

The ingredients of the dish bring the following benefits:

Vegetable broth: provides minerals, especially sodium and potassium, useful for regulating heart function and water retention.

Butter: source of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) favorable to the health of the eyes, mucous membranes, bones, immune system and blood clotting.

Onion: it is rich in selenium which supports the immune system and with the ability to stabilize blood glucose at normal values; it provides quercetin, a flavonoid that helps contain cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood, parameters related to cardiovascular risk, which also supports liver function by promoting the purification of the body. Also indicated for nephropathic patients, it is a good diuretic that prevents kidney stones. Especially if consumed with the peel, it provides folic acid linked to the production of serotonin and therefore favorable to good mood and counteract depression

Grana Padano PDO: useful for the proper functioning of the liver. The presence of tryptophan helps to counteract depression

Extra virgin olive oil: source of Vitamin E that protects the immune system from harmful fatty acids

Treviso radicchio: source of carotenoids, chlorophyll and vitamin E that protect the immune system from harmful fatty acids and mineral salts, vitamins and antioxidants that act to protect the cardiovascular system; also suitable for nephropathic patients. A species that provides folic acid linked to the production of serotonin and therefore favorable to good mood and counteract depression

Rice: due to its modest protein content, it is suitable for nephropathic and phenylketonuric patients; since it is an antiuric food, it is recommended in case of gout and hyperuricemia.

It stimulates the synthesis of serotonin which counteracts depression and promotes good mood

Salt: essential for the balance of body fluids and for the transmission of nerve impulses, it is however to be consumed respecting the limit of 5 g per day according to the indications of the WHO so as not to promote arterial hypertension and consequent increase in the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases starting from myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke; to be limited as much as possible in the case of nephropathy.

Safety / Intended use

Product also intended for subjects with:

• Mucositis only well cooked
• Xerostomia (dry mouth) if well cooked

Not recommended in case of diarrhea

In case of dysphagia only if in pieces of uniform size and consistency