Chicory Salad

• 1 head of chicory
• 2 ripe tomatoes, one finely chopped, the other cut into eighths
• 1/4 salad onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 red pepper, finely chopped
• 1 small tin of anchovies
• 3 red “piquillo” peppers, thinly sliced
• Grana Padano, in slivers
• chives, finely chopped (for garnish)
• salt
• sugar
• extra virgin olive oil
• vinegar

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• put he chopped onion in a bowl, add a pinch of sugar, salt, and a drop of oil and vinegar, leave to marinate for 10 minutes
• add the chopped tomato and pepper
• wash the chicory and separate into leaves, lay out on a platter and spoon in the tomato-onion mixture
• put the other bits of tomato in the centre of the platter
• decorate with the anchovies, “piquillo” peppers, cheese slivers and chives