Sunday Supper: Garlic and Olive Octopus

Name: Sunday Supper: Garlic and Olive Octopus
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 black peppercorns; 794 grams peeled plum tomatoes; 454 grams fresh pasta (like pappardelle) or 1 loaf of crusty bread; 6 garlic cloves, sliced; 4 servings Kosher salt and cracked black pepper; 1 lemon, quartered; 227 grams manzanilla olives; 4 servings Olive oil; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 bunches parsley; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes to taste

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Sunday Supper: Garlic and Olive Octopus a try. One serving contains 623 calories, 18g of protein, and 26g of fat. This dairy free recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours. If you have lemon, parsley, pasta, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Place octopus, garlic cloves, parsley, peppercorns and lemon in pot cover with cold water and bring to a simmer. Cook until octopus is tender and skin comes easily from firm white flesh. Depending in the thickness of the octopus tentacles this can take anywhere from 1-1 1/2 hours.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Peppercorns

Octopus

Parsley

Lemon

Water

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Pot

Once octopus is tender remove from the pot with tongs and discard liquid and remaining ingredients. Reserve until cool enough to handle.

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Octopus

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Tongs

Pot

Drizzle large skillet with olive oil and heat until shimmering.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add onion and cook until softened then add garlic. Cook until garlic just begins to take on color.

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Garlic

Onion

Remove tomatoes from liquid and add to onion and garlic, crushing each tomato in your hands before adding it. Simmer until sauce begins to thicken, about 15 minutes.

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Tomato

Garlic

Onion

Sauce

Add red pepper flakes, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Salt And Pepper

Once octopus is cool enough to handle, Gently remove from flesh carefully with fingers or using a paper towel. Separate tentacles from one another, and slice head into strips.

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Octopus

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Paper Towels

Drizzle octopus with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, heat grill pan until smoking and place octopus on grill, cook until just beginning to char, about 7 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Octopus

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Grill Pan

Grill

If serving with pasta, cook pasta and toss with tomato sauce and serve topped with charred octopus. Or, if serving with bread place pasta sauce in serving dish, top with charred octopus and serve with sliced bread charred on the grill.

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Bread