Spaghetti with Baby Octopus and Olives

First attempt in preparing baby octopus!

Ingredients:

1 kg baby octopus, cleaned ( frozen baby octopus OK)

4 garlic cloves, minced / crushed
2-3 tbs extra-virgin olive oil
pinch of chili flakes
1/2 cup black olives, pitted (oil-cured are better)
salt and pepper
1/2 cup dry red wine
1 packet Spaghetti (or linguine) - 500 gr
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Method:

Place octopus in a bowl, add a pinch of salt, 2 minced cloves of garlic and mix. Bring a pot of water to boil, place octopus in it, simmer for about 45 minutes ( or until the octopus feels tender when tested with a fork). Drain and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the octopus into smaller pieces.

Heat the olive oil in a pan. Add the remaining minced garlic and a pinch of red pepper flakes, and sauté for about 1 minute. Stir in the octopus and the olives; season with salt and pepper. Add the wine, and cook for 5 minutes, then cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes.       Cook Spaghetti (or linguine) according to instructions.  Drain the pasta, and add it to the pan. Add the parsley, and toss over heat for 30 seconds. Serve drizzled with high quality olive oil and a little more fresh parsley.

Špagete sa Hobotnicama i Maslinama

Prvi pokusaj pripreme malih hobotnica.


Potrebno:
1 kg malih hobotnica / oktopusa, ociscenih (moze i smrznute )
4 cena bijelog luka, sitno sjeckan / protisnut
2-3 K djevicanskog maslinovog ulja
prstohvat ljuspica ljute papricice / cilija
1/2 solje crnih maslina, bez kostice (u ulju su bolje)
so i biber
1/2 solje suhog crnog vina
1 pakovanje spageta (ili lingvina) - 500 gr
2 K sjeckanog persunovog lisca
Nacin:
Smjestite hobotnice u posudu, posolite, dodajte 2 cena protisnutog bijelog luka; promijesajte. Stavite lonac sa vodom da prokuha, ubacite sipe i kuhajte oko 45 min, ili dok  ne omeksaju. Ocijedite i ostavite po strani. Kad se malo ohladilo isjecite na manje komade.

Zagrijte ulje u tavi. Dodajte preostali bijeli luk i cili ljuspice; dinstajte 1 minutu. Ubacite hobotnice i masline, zacinite solju i biberom. Dodajte vino, kuhajte 5 minuta, poklopite i nastavite kuhati jos 10-15 minuta.

Skuhajte spagete prema uputsvu na paketu. Ocijedite i prebacite u tavu sa hobotnicama. Pospite sa persunovim liscem, i mijesajte oko 30 sekundi. Servirajte poliveno maslinovim uljem i posuto sa jos persunovog lisca.