Octopus with pasta but

OCTOPUS WITH PASTA BUT

Ingredients

800 g. fresh or frozen octopus (Approximately half octopus)

3 large dry onions

5 cloves garlic

130 g. olive oil,

5 large ripe tomatoes

250 g. Pasta but

Instructions

How to prepare the octopus

Wash the octopus thoroughly.

Place the tentacles under the tap and rinse the suction cups very well to wash out the sand they have.

Put the octopus in a nonstick medium pot without any water.

Cover the pot with its lid and place it over very low heat.

If the maximum of the switch is 6, turn it into 2.

Let the octopus to release its fluids and to boil in them.

It will take 2.5-3 hours to soften completely.

To check if the octopus is ready, peg a fork in it.

If the fork plunges easily into the octopus it is time to remove it from the heat.

If it is hard and the fork does not plunge into its flesh, let it to boil until it softens.

When the octopus is softened, remove the pot from the heat.

With a long fork take the octopus off the pot, place it in a small pan and leave it aside to cool.

Keep the broth of the octopus because you will use it later to cook the pasta.

How to make the tomato sauce

When the octopus is boiling you will prepare the sauce.

Put a large pot over medium heat.

Pour the olive oil into it.

Peel the garlic and the onions and chop them.

Pour them into the pot with the olive oil.

Let them sauté stirring often until they become soft.

Rinse tomatoes and cut each one of them into 8 pieces.

Add in the tomatoes a small piece of hot red chili pepper (app. the size of a watermelon seed).

Strain the octopus broth, pour it into the sauce and stir.

Cut the tentacles of octopus into pieces with length 1 cm.

Boil the sauce with the broth for 4 min.

Pour the pieces of octopus into the sauce and stir.

Cook for 2 min, add the pasta and stir again.

The pasta sticks easily.

Do not leave it unattended.

Stir from time to time.

10-12 min is usually enough for the pasta to cook (The cooking time is written on the package of pasta).

Turn off the heat and leave the pot on the stove.

Serve the food when slightly cool.