Today my Grandpa will make Octopus with macaroni
Hello my good friends
You asked me to make you some fasting recipes
for the period leading to Easter
I will show you another one today
Appropriate for Fasting
Here I have an octopus 1.5kg
and I will make a classic recipe for octopus
the most common among the Greeks
Octopus with macaroni pasta
Macaroni pasta
The recipe I will show you today is from the region of Mount Anthos
It is one more recipe
of my good friend Andrea Adalis from Thessaloniki
Who is a Pastry Chef
but with a large interest on cooking
He learnt to cook from his uncle
Who had a restaurant in Veria (Greece)
Andreas Adalis from Thessaloniki wrote to me:
"When I visit Mount Athos (Holly are in North Greece)
I stay in a certain monastery some times
and I spend most of my time in their kitchen"
In the capital of Mount Athos, Karyes
From that place and from a Monk called Epifanios
he has learned some things
including this recipe
we have washed the octopus
we have removed eyes and beak
or mouth
If your octopus is fresh make sure it is well "beaten"
Otherwise frozen
for at least one week
so it is soft
You will see the ingredients in the card to follow and the video description
1 1/2kg Octopus, 100ml white wine, 1 shot vinegar, 2 bay leaves, 500g macaroni, 3 medium onions, 4 cloves garlic, 5 grated tomatoes, 200ml olive oil, 1 small cup octopus broth, 500-700ml water, 1 TBsp oregano, salt and pepper
we begin by pouring
in a pot
a glass of white wine
and a shot of white wine vinegar
the vinegar helps to maintain the color of the octopus
we will also add 2 bay leaves
and we will add our octopus
we will turn the heat on a medium heat
and we will let it boil for about one hour
without adding any more liquids
it will extract its own
we will keep an eye on it
just in case we will need to add any liquids
in that case we add a little hot water
I will see you after the octopus boils
it has boiled for exactly one hour
on medium heat
it is soft
these are its own juices
I only added the wine and vinegar
we turn the heat off and we allow it to cool down
we will grate our tomatoes
Once the octopus cools down we cut it
in small bite size pieces
because we tend to eat macaroni with a spoon
It is really tender now
The juice we wills save for later
small pieces
so we can grab with the spoon
of course these are preferences
this octopus has two rows of suckers
if it has only one it is a different type
we will also cut the sack
great
we will place a pan on the fire
and we will add the oil
we will allow it to heat up
and then we add the onion
we will fry it on its own
until soft
once the onion is soft we add the garlic
we continue frying
for one more minute
just enough to heat up the garlic
we will add in the octopus
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and we will fry for about 3 more minutes
we have turn the oven on at 180 Celsius
with the fans off
we will add about one cup of the octopus juice
oregano to your liking
now we add in the tomato
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We will season with salt and pepper
adjust the seasoning to your liking
we can always add more later on
before we add too much
freshly ground black pepper
we will let it boil for 10 minutes
we will also add half a liter boiled water
to carry on with the boiling process
we will mix
now we can adjust
our salt
and the pepper of course
we can turn off the heat now
we will transfer this now on a clay casserole
or in a baking tray
or Pyrex
because it is a lot I will use the ladle first
otherwise I will make a mess
Now I think I can
tilt it over
just like that
It smells amazing
the oven is preheated
we will add
the macaroni
one packet (500 grams)
we will mix it
we will place in the oven
remembering
to mix at least a couple of times so the pasta won't stick
and once the macaroni absorbs all the liquids we remove from the oven
we will leave them uncovered
I nicked half a leg
Nobody will know
what do you think?
we will have a tsipouro while we wait for the macaroni to cook
I will add a little vinegar on this (it is cold)
I will add vinegar as I like it like this when it is cold
of course a bit of olive oil
Definitely oregano
and to accompany
a spring onion
Tsipouro
A quick one, cheers!
From Tyrnavos
It is not a lot, but enough for a glass
I forgot the salt for the spring onion
some salt flakes
there on the side
(Don't forget to mix the macaroni)
we will dip the spring onion in the salt
cheers!
They stayed for 20 minutes in the oven and I mixed a couple of times
don't leave them any longer
Macaroni absorbs all the liquids and can overcook easily
so let's serve straight away
while it still has some juices
Octopus with macaroni
I will serve a plate for you too
I will just add some freshly ground pepper
You can help yourselves with the black pepper
Cheers my friends
Let's eat
The octopus with the macaroni
while it is still hot
and while
it has not absorbed all the liquids
ideally it needs some liquids
the macaroni
Hello Andreas!
Thank you Andrea my friend
I have more recipes from you
I will make some more
Good bye my friends
until the next video
at as always with love Grandpa Tassos