Orecchiette With Radicchio and Onions

This is a traditional Italian pasta dish, which my mum brought home from one of her trips to Italy. It has a creamy cheese note, which combines very well with the slightly bitter taste of the lettuce.

• Ready In: 31 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 500  g  orecchiette (pasta shaped like small flat hats)
• 4 -5  medium onions
• 1⁄2 radicchio
• 1  fresh red chili pepper
• 100 -200  g parmesan cheese (depending on how cheesy you would like your dish to be)
•  olive oil
• 1  garlic clove
•  salt
•  pepper

Directions

1. Boil the pasta in salted water until it is al dente (aprox. 11 minutes).
2. While the pasta is cooking, chop the onion into thin slices and stew it in a frying pan toghether with olive oil, salt, pepper, chili and the squashed clove of garlic.
3. When the onion is "smudgy", add the chopped radicchio.
4. If necessary add more olive oil and turn the mixture over after 3-4 minutes.
5. When the pasta is ready, pour off the water.
6. Then add the onion and radicchio mixture and finally the grated parmesan cheese. Blend well.
7. Enjoy (e.g. with a nice side salad or ciabatta bread)!