Octopussy..... Mood = Tentalicious

I went to a lovely restaurant the other night with some friends and they had so many things on the menu that i wanted to have. So i did. We shared plenty of starters and had a lovely pizza to finish off. The main thing that go my attention was the octopus salad. It was so easy, so simply, so delicious that i had to make it myslef. So the next day i went to their deli, and ordered an octopus, and lo and behold i got one. Nearly 3 kg.

So i took it home and after reading about how to cook it, i found myself creating something wonderful. I cooked it 3 different ways. This is my new thing. 3 ways of doing things just to have variety.

I made a fresh octopus salad, octopus sashimi, and barbequed octopus. I cant tell you which was the best as i thought they were all worth making again and again.


Method:

• Rinse the octopus

• Remove the ink if it is still in there.

• Bring water up to a boil and add salt.

• Add the octopus and as soon as the water starts boiling again, cook for 30 minutes.

• After it has cooked, remove from the water and let it sit.

For the salad:
Mix 1 table spoon of chopped parsley, 2tablespoons of sherry vinegar, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, and cut up some tentacles and mix well and serve

For sashimi style:
Mix soya sauce with some wasabi and lime juice and slice the octopus as thin as you can and drizzle with the sauce. Add a drop of sesame oil on top and garnish with a drop of wasabi mayonaise and serve.



For barbeque Octopus:
Add some cajun spice all over tentacles, and add a little oil. Heat a pan high and add the already cooked octopus till it just sears a little. Serve


Very easy, very peasy, very octopussy!!!!