Octopus Stew

Octopus Stew


ingredients:

2 pounds octopus cleaned, washed and chopped into pieces of 5 cm

Other Ingredients:

500 ml of white beer not cold
½ cup of cold water
1 cup (tea) pickled onions (the mini-onions)

seasonings:

1 cup (tea) and full of chopped onion or grated
1 cup (tea) of oil
1 teaspoon (tsp) grated ginger
1 pinch of nutmeg (optional)
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon (coffee) cumin (optional)
1 teaspoon (tsp) salt


sauce:

1 cup (tea) dry red wine of good quality
6 ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
½ liter of concentrated tomato sauce
6 cloves of India
1 small cinnamon stick
2 tablets of chicken



Fresh Herbs:

1 spoon (soup) and full of fresh chopped herbs:
basil, marjoram, parsley, mint, rosemary, sage.


How to Prepare:

Clean the octopus, rinse under running water, cut into large chunks.
Place the octopus in a large pot with beer and water, leaving cooking over medium heat for 15'minutos, drain, and let cool.
II - option:
Cooking octopus with some medium potatoes covered with water when the potatoes are pre-cooked octopus also be cooked.

In a large pan fry the onion in oil, add the chicken broth, chopped tomatoes without skins, seeds, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, bay leaves, when one thick sauce add red wine.

Finally add the octopus, leave the fire for only 3'minutos.

Careful not to let the octopus long time, which is rubberized.

Separately fry the pickled onions until dark, add the octopus sauce before serving.

Finishing touch and a tablespoon of chopped herbs several