Description
Very famous in Greece and is widely favorite way of cooking stifado. The main feature is the use of a large amount of onions and rosemary. Bow use specially small. In any store, in any market you will be offered the onions for stifado, it is very popular stifado in Greece. Thus it is possible to cook any meat, the differences in cooking is, but small... somewhere used vinegar, a wine, somewhere don't use the tomatoes... but the principle is one. Tonight I will cook stifado octopus.
Ingredients
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Octopus
1 kg
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Bow white
1 kg
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Black pepper
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Vinegar
50 g
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Water
300 g
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Dry white wine
180 g
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Garlic
4 tooth
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Bay leaf
5 piece
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Rosemary
1 Tbsp
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Allspice
0.333 tsp
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Nutmeg
0.333 tsp
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Olive oil
200 g
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Tomato
4 piece
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Tomato juice
300 g
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Peppers red hot chilli
Cooking
Octopus (I have a small, but...:-) very fresh) - you need to wash and clean, as shown in the photo.
Octopus cut into large pieces and add to the pot, add vinegar and 50 g of water. Put on the fire.
After some time of liquid in the octopus becomes larger, they begin to stew in their own juice. Cook for approximately 40 mins, during this time portions of the input wine, in the end add black pepper. OCTOPUS SALT IS NOT NECESSARY. THEY ARE QUITE SALTY. Ready for further preparation, the octopus is soft, fragrant and delicious. Cut them into smaller pieces.
Prepare the onion. For easier cleaning, you can omit the onion in hot water, then peel very easily removed.
I have mostly red onions for stifado-it is better to use a white onion in the finished dish, he's more handsome.
Onions add to the octopus.
There also add the garlic, rosemary, Bay leaf, allspice, nutmeg, hot red pepper. In the traditional version also add a little cinnamon and cloves, but in my family don't like these ingredients in stifado.
Add diced tomatoes,...
... tomato juice, olive oil, a little (100 g) of water. In the cooking process, if you see that the sauce a little and there is a danger of burning, add a little water. Cook for about 40 minutes, until tender the onion, it needs to soak up the sauce and to purchase a Golden-reddish color.
In the finished dish enough sauce that allows you to use it as a first course. The dish is quite hearty and nutritious, I'm sure what main dish you want!
Stifado not require any additions, except olives and delicious soft bread. Rustic bread baked by me in advance attention. To accompany stifado octopus can white wine or ouzo (ice optional). Bon appétit!!!
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