Braised octopus with potatoes recipe

Name: Braised octopus with potatoes recipe
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ bunch flat-leaf parsley; 1 x 600g octopus, fresh or thawed out from frozen; 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced; 1 small red onion, peeled and kept whole; 1 fresh bird's eye chilli zest and juice of 1 lemon; 600g small pink eye or kipfler potatoes, peeled; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; extra virgin olive oil; 2 tbsp salted capers, rinsed

Neil Perry

February 26, 2017

Boiled octopus with potatoes.William Meppem

easyTime:1-2 hoursServes:4

This is a nice, simple Italian-style dish – the octopus can easily be replaced by squid or even prawns. The oil and potatoes work so well with seafood.

Ingredients

½ bunch flat-leaf parsley
1 x 600g octopus, fresh or thawed out from frozen
2 celery sticks, thinly sliced
1 small red onion, peeled and kept whole
1 fresh bird's eye chilli zest and juice of 1 lemon
600g small pink eye or kipfler potatoes, peeled
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp salted capers, rinsed

Method

Step 1
Pick the leaves from the parsley stalks and set both aside. Rinse octopus under cold running water. Place the whole octopus into a medium thick-bottomed pan and add the celery, onion, chilli, parsley stalks and lemon zest.
Step 2
Cover with cold water and bring to the boil, then turn down the heat to a very low simmer and cook, half covered, for 1 hour, until soft. Remove from heat and leave the octopus to cool in the liquid uncovered.
Step 3
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add potatoes and cook for 20 minutes, until cooked but still quite firm, then drain and cut into rough 2cm cubes. Put potatoes into a bowl, season with sea salt and black pepper, and drizzle with olive oil. Chop parsley leaves and add to potatoes. Lightly toss together and set aside.
Step 4
4. When the octopus has cooled, remove from the cooking liquid and cut into 3-4cm pieces. Place octopus into a bowl, add the lemon juice, 3 tablespoons of olive oil and the capers. Season with sea salt and black pepper and toss.
Step 5
Serve potato salad with the octopus at room temperature.