Boiled octopus salad with Ligurian potatoes, the recipe.
It's a simple boiled octopus salad.
This morning I found a couple of local octopuses and prepared them for my son Luca.
I boiled plenty of water to which I added salt and vinegar. Then I curled up the octopuses by holding them by the head and dipping them up and down in the boiling water. I left them to cook for half an hour and then left them to cool in their water.
Separately I boiled some excellent mountain potatoes from my friend Enrico Segarini and added them to the sliced octopus.
I then seasoned it with some excellent local oil from my friend Paolino Muzio of San Bernardo (a town in the municipality of Sestri Levante known for the quality of its olives), lemon juice from my garden and a sprinkling of parsley.
Photo taken with Samsung Galaxi.
This is the boiled octopus before being seasoned:
Photo taken with Samsung Galaxi.