Baby Octopus Salad Italian
Bring pot to a boil then lower heat to a simmer and cook for a total of 40 minutes.
Baby octopus salad italian. In a large bowl put a glug of extra virgin olive oil a crushed clove of garlic chopped tomatoes carrot slices celery slices chopped parsley and olives. In a medium size pot filled with water add octopus coarsley chopped carrots quartered onion chopped celery and one whole lemon cut in half. I m using portuguese octopus you can use another one type if you find it hard to get. Baby octopus salad cooking with nonna ribs carrots lemons salt pepper evoo baby octopus parsley and 1 more octopus salad with potatoes tomatoes olives capers italian food forever pepper garlic large potatoes pitted kalamata olives capers and 10 more.
Fire up the grill. Massage the marinade into the octopus and put in the fridge for 24 hours to marinade. We have the world s best neighbours and when they shared this octopus salad with us a couple of times i was literally dying to know the recipe. Then add the chopped octopus with some boiled potatoes.
Octopus salad is a very famous portuguese appetizer dish. If more people would be just a bit more opened minded and not so sheltered as the previous writer many. Boil some water with a splash of vinegar a bay leaf and two celery stalks. Remove octopus from the liquid and discard rest of contents from pot.
Drain octopus in a colander and cool to room temperature then transfer. Meanwhile prepare the salad. When it boils cook the octopus for a few minutes. Since then i ve been making this salad every.
Leave the salad to marinate for a couple of hours and serve cold as a starter or main course. Season the octopus with the chopped parsley extra virgin olive oil chopped celery chopped chilies and lemon juice. Wash the baby octopus well removing them of their beaks eyes and entrails. Place octopus olive oil lemon juice lemon zest salt pepper oregano and garlic into a plastic bag or container with a tight fitting lid.
Generously cover octopus with water in a heavy medium pot and gently simmer uncovered until tender 45 minutes to 1 hour. Massage it every now and again during the marinating phase.