Name: Octopus braised in red wine with clams and peas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 onions, finely chopped; 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2.2 kg octopus tentacles, cut into 3cm lengths; 400 gm canned whole peeled tomatoes; 150 ml red wine; 2 kg clams (surf or vongole), purged; 400 gm podded peas, podded (around 750gm unpodded); 2 tbsp coarsely chopped dill

Octopus braised in red wine with clams and peas

Australian Gourmet Traveller French seafood recipe for octopus braised in red wine with clams and peas.

Serves 6

Prep

15M

Cook

1H 30M

Total

1H 45M

Octopus is one of the most underated of seafoods. Many cooks shun it because they’re never sure how to prepare it. Slow cooking, in our opinion, brings out the best in octopus, rendering what can be tough and stringy to a tender fleshy-textured delight.

Ingredients

2½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

2 onions, finely chopped

6 garlic cloves, finely chopped

2.2 kg octopus tentacles, cut into 3cm lengths

400 gm canned whole peeled tomatoes

150 ml red wine

2 kg clams (surf or vongole), purged

400 gm podded peas, podded (around 750gm unpodded)

2 tbsp coarsely chopped dill

Method

Main

1.Heat oil in a large casserole, add onions and garlic and sauté over low-medium heat until tender (7-8 minutes). Add octopus and sauté for 5 minutes, add tomatoes and crush, then add wine and bring to the simmer. Cover and simmer over low heat until octopus is tender (1-1¼ hours).

2.Add clams to octopus and cook until clams open (1-2 minutes), then stir in peas and dill and cook until peas are bright green and tender (1-2 minutes). Season to taste and serve hot.

Styling by Rodney Dunn

Styling by Emma Knowles