/ck/ - Food & Cooking

It’s night here and I’ve just finished cooking my octopus and potatoes for tomorrow.
Now it’s resting covered in the fridge while the EVO oil gets absorbed by the potatoes and the flavour develops, I also added two cloves of garlic that I will remove before eating.

But let’s see what I did.

>acquire 1 big high quality octopus, must weigh more than 1 kg (ideally 1,2 to 1,8 kg) and it’s better if it’s a frozen one because it’ll be more tender
>with a knife remove the beak under by cutting a circle around it and digging it away, then remove the eyes (poor thing) and rinse away all the slime inside
>make water boiling in a big and tall pot and add a big onion cut in half, 6-7 grains of pepper (don’t crush them), a big carrot and celery if you have it
>gently put the octopus in the boiling water and let it cook until it’s done (it usually takes 15-20 mins but it depends), you will know it because pinching it with a toothpick will be super easy
>turn off the gas and let the octopus rest in the water
>take 2 big potatoes, peel them and cut them in big pieces then wash them until there’s no more starch in the water
>boil them until they’re soft but still “chewable”, don’t let them disintegrate