Need a pescatarian main course? Seafood Spaghetti could be a tremendous recipe to try. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 706 calories, 62g of protein, and 19g of fat. Head to the store and pick up garlic cloves, spaghetti, butter, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 hours.
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Put octopus in pressure cooker with water, bay leaf, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and seal pressure cooker with lid, then cook at high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions 10 minutes. Put pressure cooker in sink (do not remove lid) and run cold water over lid until pressure goes down completely.
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Bay Leaves
Octopus
Water
Salt
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Pressure Cooker
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Remove lid.
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Transfer octopus to a cutting board, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
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Octopus
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Cutting Board
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Cut off and discard head, then cut tentacles into 1-inch pieces.
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Simmer tomatoes with their juice, basil, and oil in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, uncovered, stirring and mashing tomatoes occasionally, until thick and reduced to about 3/4 cup, 20 to 25 minutes.
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Tomato
Basil
Juice
Cooking Oil
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Sauce Pan
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Purée basil, oil, butter, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender, scraping down side as necessary, until smooth.
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Butter
Basil
Salt
Cooking Oil
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Blender
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Transfer to a small bowl.
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Bowl
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Cook spaghetti in a pasta pot of boiling salted water (3 tablespoons salt for 6 quarts water) until al dente.
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Spaghetti
Pasta
Water
Salt
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Pot
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Meanwhile, purée garlic and oil in cleaned blender until smooth.
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Garlic
Cooking Oil
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Blender
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Heat a dry 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over high heat until hot, 2 to 3 minutes.
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Frying Pan
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Add oil mixture, then immediately add octopus, shrimp, and mussels and sauté, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are browned on edges and mussels begin to open, 2 to 3 minutes.
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Mussels
Octopus
Shrimp
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Add tomato sauce and reserved octopus-cooking liquid and cook, stirring, until mussels just open wide and shrimp are just cooked through, about 2 minutes more (discard any unopened mussels). Season with salt and pepper.
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Salt And Pepper
Tomato Sauce
Mussels
Octopus
Shrimp
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Drain pasta and return to pot.
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Pasta
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Pot
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Add squid to hot seafood in skillet, stirring to combine, then add to hot pasta and toss to combine (squid will cook as it is being tossed).
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Seafood
Pasta
Squid
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Frying Pan
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Serve drizzled with all of basil purée.
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Basil
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· If you do not have a pressure cooker, octopus can be simmered in a 4-quart pot with bay leaf, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 4 cups water, covered, turning occasionally, until tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. · Octopus can be cooked 1 day ahead and chilled, uncovered, until cool, then covered.· Tomato sauce can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.