OCTOPUS SALAD

 

Octopus Salad

 I've been wanting to cook octopus for some time now, but I wanted to find the perfect recipe.  If you don't cook it correctly it will turn out rubbery; and we can't have that.

First, I cooked it slowly in a 200 degree bath with 1 whole lemon (juiced), 1 whole orange (juiced), 1 lime (juiced), whole onion (cut in quarters), 3 cloves of garlic, 2 cups of white wine, thyme, rosemary, kosher salt and pepper. Don't let your water go higher than 200 degrees or your octopus will begin to boil.

I cooked mine for approximately 45 minutes.  I only used a 1.5 pound octopus, for anything larger cooking time should be between an hour and an hour and a half.  I then submerged it in a bath of olive oil (approximately 1 liter) enough to submerge the whole octopus, plus the juice of one whole lemon, lime, orange, crushed garlic, red pepper, rosemary and thyme.  I let it marinate for 3 hours covered in the refrigerator.

Don't worry about wasting the olive oil.  you don't have to get rid of it.  Because the Octopus was cooked the olive oil is still good and by good I mean a fantastic infusion of citrus and spices!

Then it was ready to grill.  It only needs to grill 3 to 4 minutes per side.  I then served it over a salad with arugula, red onion and fresh prosciutto.  It was delicious!  ENJOY!