Name: Spelt, grilled radicchio, citrus, cashews, avocado and black radish
Yield: For 8 as a side dish
Ingredients: 2 satsumas (or clementines, mandarins or oranges), peeled, segmented and any pithy fibres and pips removed; 1 large or 2 smaller heads radicchio, damaged outer leaves discarded, cut into 8–10 wedges if large or 4–6 if small; 1 pink grapefruit; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 avocados; 200 g (7 oz.) black radish, lightly rinsed under cold water then thinly sliced (a mandolin is good for this); 125 g (4½ oz./generous ¾ cup) cashews, toasted and roughly chopped

Preparation info

For
8
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Savour

By Peter Gordon

Published 2016

About

Spelt has become very popular over the past decade but has been around forever. It’s a member of the wheat family but appeals to people who see it as a more easily digestible ‘grain’. However, it does contain gluten, so it’s not for coeliacs. You can substitute pearled barley in this recipe but it will take an additional 20 minutes to cook. Pearling means the outer bran layer has been removed so it will cook quicker than if it hasn’t been pearled. You can replace the radicchio with endive (