Balsamic Glazed Chicken With Grilled Radicchio
- 1 (3 1/2-4 lb) roasting chickens
- 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 4 tablespoons rosemary, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 ounces prosciutto or 2 ounces bacon
- 2 ounces parmigiano-reggiano cheese, piece
- 2 medium red onions, sliced into 1-inch disks
- 34 cup lambrusco or 34 cup dry red wine
- 12 cup balsamic vinegar
- 6 heads radicchio
- Rinse the chicken and pat dry.
- Remove the giblets and set aside.
- Combine the garlic, rosemary, black pepper, and sea salt and mix with 3 tablespoons of the extra-virgin olive oil.
- Run the outside of the chicken all over with the rosemary mixture.
- Place the prosciutto and cheese rinds inside the cavity, cover and refrigerate for3 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.
- Place the onion slices and reserved giblets in the bottom of a small, heavy-bottomed roasting pan.
- Place the chicken on top of the onions, breast side up.
- Pour the wine over the chicken and rub all over with 1/4 cup of the vinegar.
- Roast in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a skewer pushed into the thickest part of the thigh shows clear- not bloody- juices.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let the chicken rest for 5 minutes.
- Preheat the grill or broiler.
- Halve the radicchio lengthwise and grill for 3 to 4 minutes per side.
- Brush with the remaining olive oil and set aside.
- Transfer the chicken to a carving platter and degrease the pan juices.
- Combine the onions and giblets with the pan juices.
- Carve the chicken, drizzle with the remaining 1/4 cup vinegar, and serve immediately over the radicchio.
- Pass the giblet gravy separately.
roasting chickens, garlic, rosemary, fresh ground black pepper, salt, extra virgin olive oil, bacon, cheese, red onions, red wine, balsamic vinegar, radicchio
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/balsamic-glazed-chicken-with-grilled-radicchio-220477 (may not work)