Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, stewed octopus. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This recipe for Southern Italian stewed octopus with white wine and tomatoes originates in Puglia near the heel of Italy's boot. Octopus requires long, slow simmering, so keep the temperature low and give. Rinse well under cold water and pat dry.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have stewed octopus using 15 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stewed octopus:
- Prepare 4 pounds frozen octopus, thawed
- Prepare 14 oz stewed tomatoes
- Get 1 onion diced
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Get 4 garlic cloves minced
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Prepare 2 tablespoons capers
- Get 10 klamata olives
- Get 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Take 1/2 teaspoon anchovy paste
- Take 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Get salt if necessary
- Get crusty bagette bread toasted
Course: Dinner, Entree, Main Course. *In the traditional cookbooks they recommend that octopus should not be cooked with salt. The traditional Greek octopus stifado recipe! We all know and love the classic Greek rabbit or beef stifado, but this very easy and simple to prepare octopus stew is the perfect dish for the Lenten period! Stewed octopus with ripe juicy tomatoes, garlic, rosemary and bay.
Instructions to make Stewed octopus:
- Combine all ingredients except salt and bread in pot, bring to a boil then simmer covered for an hour, poke octopus with fork, if fork slides in easily it's done, if not simmer for another 30 minutes.
- Remove octopus and cut into bite size pieces, taste sauce, if necessary add salt. Add octopus back to sauce, serve with warm crusty bread and top with parmesan cheese if you like, enjoy!
Some Horio Koroneiki variety will add to its flavor! Cut the octopus in two pieces, between the head and the arms. Cook until the sauce is thick, then remove the pan from the heat. Serve the octopus stew with some brown or long grain rice on the side. Nakji Jeongol (낙지전골) is a Korean octopus stew that deserves a bit of primer, since the world of Korean soups and stews can be pretty intimidating.
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