Prel
Culinary Explorer
I just remembered one of my saturday morning, I was so happy and decided to cook... and since we are in the beach back then, I cooked dish that was a good meal for that occasion
Octopus carpaccio
Ingredients
2 kilos octopus, cleaned
60 g vinegar, of red wine
100 g red wine
1 teaspoon(s) allspice berries
1 teaspoon(s) coriander, seeds
1 teaspoon(s) peppercorns
2 bay leaves
8 g gelatin sheets
1 Put the octopus into a bowl and add the vinegar, the wine, the allspice, the coriander, the peppercorns, the bay leaves, and mix well.
2 Set aside for 1 hour to marinate it.
3 Preheat the oven to 170ο C (340ο F) set to fan.
4 Wrap the octopus into parchment paper and aluminum foil, add the marinade in, transfer to a baking pan and roast for 2 hours.
5 In a bowl add the gelatins, plenty of cold water, and set them aside to soften.
6 Remove the octopus from the baking pan and transfer the liquid to a saucepan. Add the gelatins very well drained and stir very well until the gelatins melt. Ideally, 200 g of the liquid will have remained. If half of it is left, then you will have to reduce the quantity of the gelatins too.
7 Take a disposable paper cup and add in 2 pieces of plastic wrap, in a crisscross manner.
8 Place the tentacles vertically until the whole cup is filled. Fill with the liquid with the gelatins, cover with the plastic wrap, and freeze it until it chills well.
9 Cut into very thin slices and serve with rocket, capers, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
Bon appétit, my fellow food enthusiasts! Hope you try my recipe!