Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, octupus with potatoes in a dutch oven. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The usual way to soften octopus before baking is to boil it in water, but doing so will wash the flavour of the sea from the octopus. According to an original Dalmatian recipe, the octopus is to be put in a pot with lid closed on a strong fire, but without adding any water or spices. Oven roasted octopus cut into pieces and baked with potatoes and capers.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have octupus with potatoes in a dutch oven using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Octupus with potatoes in a Dutch oven:
- Get 2 dry onions
- Take 2 fresh tomatoes
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste
- Take 2-3 cups water
- Make ready 1/2 cup vinegar
- Take 1 bay leaf
- Get salt
- Get red pepper
- Get 2/3 cup olive oil
- Prepare 2/3 cup red wine
- Take 1,5 k potatoes
- Prepare 1,5 k to 2 k octopus
You don't have to remove the eyes, but trim away any blemishes with a paring knife. Prick the potatoes in a few places with the tines of a fork. This allows steam to escape from the baking potato. While your octopus is cooking, start boiling potatoes in a separate pot.
Steps to make Octupus with potatoes in a Dutch oven:
- Place a bay leaf and half cup of vinegar in a pot with boiling water. Then add the cleaned octopus and leave to cook for 15 minutes.
- Remove the octupus, cut it into large pieces and place it in the Dutch oven.
- Add the oil, the red pepper, a little salt, the finely chopped onion, the finely chopped tomatoes, and one tbsp tomato paste that you have previously dissolved in the red wine.
- Cut the potatoes into large wedges and add them in the Dutch oven.
- Take 3 cups of the boiled octupus juice, strain it and pour it in the Dutch oven.
- Cover with the lid and place in the oven at 200°C for 45 minutes.
- Serve.
Take a small tray, enough for the octopus and potatoes, cover the bottom of the tray with a thin layer of olive oil and add smashed garlic cloves (to avoid bad breath, take out the little. Place the potatoes in a pan with water seasoned with a little salt and cook. Place the octopus and the potatoes on a baking dish. Season with the chopped garlic and the bay leaf. Since octopus meat is so full of liquid, it lends itself to dry braising in its own juices.
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