Ingredients:
Hokkaido pumpkin
Chicory
Radicchio
Piedmontese hazelnuts
Walnut oil
White or red wine vinegar
Grape seed oil (or another neutral oil)
Ras el Hanout (or other spices as desired)
Salt
Espelette pepper
Ventrêche Basque (marbled bacon) in slices or cubes
Preparation:
Chop the radicchio and chicory and mix with a vinaigrette made from walnut oil, vinegar, salt and piment d'Espelette.
Cut the Hokkaido into large cubes, fry in grapeseed oil, and season with spices. We used Ras El Hanout, but you could also use herbs de Provence or similar.
In a separate pan, fry the ventrêche until crispy.
When the pumpkin is cooked, serve it with the radiccio and chicory salad and garnish with Piedmont hazelnuts and the fried ventrêche.
Bon appetite!