Radicchio Salad with Sour Cream Ranch
A sophisticated salad featuring crisp radicchio dressed with a creamy ranch-style dressing made from sour cream and Greek yogurt, topped with savory garlic-scallion breadcrumbs for added crunch.
Ingredients
- •⅓ cup sour cream
- •⅓ cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
- •1 Tbsp sherry vinegar
- •5 cloves garlic
- •1 tsp honey
- •8 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- •to taste Kosher salt
- •2 whole scallions
- •½ cup panko
- •½ whole lemon
- •2 whole radicchio
- •preferably Castelfranco
- •leaves separated
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Mix sour cream, yogurt, vinegar, grated garlic, honey, and 5 Tbsp. oil in a small bowl; season dressing with salt.
5 min
- 2.
Heat remaining 3 Tbsp. oil in a medium skillet over medium. Add crushed garlic and scallions and cook, stirring often, until golden brown around the edges, about 4 minutes. Add panko and season with salt. Cook, stirring often, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Finely grate lemon zest directly into pan and toss a few times to incorporate. Transfer breadcrumbs to paper towels to drain; let cool. Taste and season with more salt if needed.
10 min
- 3.
Place radicchio in a large bowl. Drizzle with dressing; toss gently to coat. Season with salt and scatter breadcrumbs over.
5 min
- 4.
Dressing and breadcrumbs can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill dressing. Store breadcrumbs airtight at room temperature.