OCTOPUS NUGGET OF TV

OCTOPUS NUGGET OF TV


ingredients:

4 pounds of octopus cleaned, washed Whole.


seasoning:

1 cup (tea) and filled with minced or grated onion
1 cup (tea) of oil
1 teaspoon (tsp) or (tablespoons) grated fresh ginger
1 pepper chopped finger girl without seeds (optional)
1 pinch of nutmeg (optional)
1 pinch cumin (optional)
1 teaspoon (tsp) salt
2 bay leaves


sauce:

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

Fresh Herbs:

1 spoon (soup) and full of chopped fresh herbs:
basil, marjoram, parsley, mint, rosemary, sage,
Do not put Rosemary is a strong herb that can damage your health.
How to Prepare:


Put the whole octopus for cooking covered with water, so it boil up, remove and throw into cold water with plenty of ice, leaving 5 'minutes.

Then go back to the fire to cook.

An octopus takes 4 pounds 20 'minutes in the pressure cooker and one (1) hour in common pan.

"Pay attention to the weight of the octopus, otherwise, it will not work."


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

Finally add the cooked octopus on fire by letting just 3'minutos. No more than three minutes.

** Be careful not to let the octopus long cooking, which is chewy. **

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

Put it in the end a tablespoon of finely chopped herbs diverse.

Final touch Antoinette:

Serve with white rice or cooked whole potatoes, then cut in half with a little olive oil.
You can serve with rice Greek, (rice, red and green peppers, carrots peas).

Accompany with lettuce salad with avocado or mango, pineapple, tomato, and fennel cortadinha. Dressing the part.
Line a platter with whole lettuce white crockery for up to distribute the fruits, tomatoes, fennel, and black olives.

Note:
The octopus stew after losing two thirds of its weight.