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Octopus With Garlic - Polipi Veraci All'aglio

A home-style Octopus With Garlic - Polipi Veraci All'aglio made with Octopus, Olive Oil, Garlic Crushed, Bay Leaf, and Cumin Seeds Salt. Serves 6. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 2
• 1/4 cup
• 5 clove
• 1
• 1/2 tsp
• 1
• to taste

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cut out the eyes and mouth of the octopus.

2. 2

   Remove the ink sac and internal bone.

3. 3

   Cut off the tough points in the tentacles.

4. 4

   Put each octopus on a board and beat them well to break the fibers and make the meat more tender.

5. 5

   Wash them in running water until they are very white; do not dry but put them in an earthen- ware dish and season with oil, flavored with garlic, bay leaf and cumin seeds.

6. 6

   Cover the dish tightly with a sheet of waxed paper or foil tied around the top with string.

7. 7

   Put the dish over a very low heat between 1 and 2 hours, according to the size of the octopus.

8. 8

   When they are tender, drain them, season with additional oil, salt, green pepper, rosemary leaves and parsley. Serve in a tureen.

9. 9

   Consulting Chef, Giorgio Gioco. Thomas Crowell, New

10. 10

    York. ISBN 0-690-00059-6