Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cuttlefish or octopus stifado. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This particular stifado (stew with onions) is a recipe from the book Cretan traditional dishes. it is a great book, worth having! A traditional Greek octopus stifado recipe! This simple octopus stew is the perfect dish for the Lenten period!
Cuttlefish or octopus stifado is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cuttlefish or octopus stifado is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cuttlefish or octopus stifado using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cuttlefish or octopus stifado:
- Make ready 1 kg cuttlefish or octopus
- Get 1/2 cup olive oil
- Take 1 kg onions
- Get 4-5 tbsp vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste or 1/2 kg finely chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 2-3 bay leaves
- Make ready salt, pepper
Octopus is a summer food which is used to be cooked on fasting periods. It is perfectly accompanied with pourgouri pilafi (crushed wheat pilaf) or Cyprus Octopus contains low amounts of saturated fats. This means that it can be a great option for someone who want to lose weight or someone who just. Cuttlefish eat: small fish, mollusks, crabs, octopus, worms, shrimp, snails, clams, and other cuttlefish.
Steps to make Cuttlefish or octopus stifado:
- Wash and clean the cuttlefish, then cut into small pieces.
- Sauté the onions in the oil, add the cuttlefish and sauté until all their liquids are absorbed.
- Add the vinegar, tomato, bay leaves, a little salt, pepper and a cup of water.
- Cook for an additional half hour.
An octopus is the actual living animal. Calamari refers to fried octopus or squid tentacles. Cephalopod literally means 'head foot' and members of this group, including octopuses, cuttlefishes, squids and nautiluses, have their foot or tentacles Octopuses have no shell at all, while cuttlefishes have an internal shell and squids have the horny remains of a shell. The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating the colors and texture of their environment has fascinated natural scientists since the time of Aristotle. Uniquely among all animals, these mollusks control their appearance by the direct action of neurons onto expandable pixels.
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