octopus salad

By pelicanfish • April 29, 2011 • 0 Comments

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Author Notes: um.... octopus is tasty - pelicanfish

Serves 6

1 big octopus
2 lbs baby octopus
container chicken stock
1 yellow onion
1 horse carrot
a whole bunch celery stalks
3 bay leaves
1/4 - 1/2 red onion - super thin sliced
handfull olives
3 handfulls arugula
3/4 handfull capers
7 scallions cleaned and whole
couple cloves garlic chopped up tiny and smashed
1/2 of lemon the zest of 1/2 lemon
1 handfull fresh winter or summer savory or other herb you think is possibly an equal
olive oil
tea to table spoon pimenton/smoked paprika
1 a real cork
lemon juice

low boil the octopuses in stock with yellow onion, 3 celery stalks, carrot, bay leaves and cork for 1 hour
drain that and set the octopuses to dry or pat them dry with towels
grill veggies: oil up 6 or so stalks of celery along with the whole scallions and grill directly or in a cast iron pan on the grill till they look like you want to eat them
mix octopuses in a bowl with a drizzle of oil and add chopped garlic and all that pimenton - mix it up real good. Throw that in the now hot cast iron pan on the grill. This is just for some good char and smoke taste - burn some wood chips or last years old dead rosemary plants for smoke
Chop the grilled celery, scallions and octopus into your preferred size and throw it in a bowl with everything else
mix it all up with some olive oil, a bit of lemon juice and salt and eat it.