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Octopus in Tomato Sauce

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1 hr

Enjoy this traditional recipe from Naples which makes a very flavourful sauce for octopus with tomatoes, black olives & capers

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4 servings

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4 servings

US

original

metric

Ingredients

1 kg Octopus

1 garlic

1 green or red Jalapeño

300 g Cherry tomatoes

100 g black olives

10 g capers

Salt

Olive oil

Parsley

Italian bread for the scarpetta

Directions

Step 1

In a saucepan add olive oil, 1 garlic, 1 small Jalapeño and some parsley without the leaves.

Step 2

Once the olive oil takes all the flavours remove the garlic, Jalapeño and Parsley.

Step 3

Clean the Octopus and add to the saucepan. Leave to cook for about 40 mins with the lid.

Step 4

In the meantime cut the cherry tomatoes.

Step 5

After 40 minutes add the Tomatoes, Black olives and capers. Leave for about 30 minutes with the lid

Step 6

After 30 minutes it should be ready!

Step 7

If necessary, add a little oil and eat with bread

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