Don’t be intimidated — you can absolutely master cooking octopus at home. The bouncy flesh, versatile flavour and impressive aesthetics make octopus a perfect option to easily impress at your next dinner party, or just add some seafood excitement to a weeknight pasta or salad. With a quick cook on a hot barbecue or a long, slow braise in wine and aromatic herbs, octopus becomes a satisfying seafood favourite.
Advertisement
Here, we’ve gathered our favourite octopus recipes for you — including a Greek octopus recipe from Hellenika owner Simon Gloftis, an Italian octopus recipe from Guy Grossi, and a Spanish octopus recipe from Firedoor chef Lennox Hastie.
Wild caught off Western Australia, Fremantle Octopus is responsibly sourced for culinary greatness, and now available in a retail pack for the home chef wanting to enjoy these delicate ocean-flavoured tentacles.
Ready cooked in a sous vide and with cooking juices included, they are perfect to put straight on the barbecue, pan-fry, or simply slice to top a pizza, stir through pasta or scatter through a salad.
Find Fremantle Octopus cooked tentacles at Coles and select gourmet retailers across Australia.
Octopus might not be the easiest dish to make, especially when a hibachi is involved. But this recipe by Paul Greenham of Si Paradiso fame is worth it.
Inspired by the flavours of tiella di Gaeta, a Roman pie, this octopus dish from Guy Grossi’s restaurant Garum is full-flavoured and visually stunning, to boot.
Are Media Pty Limited collects your personal information through this site to process registrations, send out newsletters, communicate offers, discounts, competitions, or surveys, and to provide you with targeted advertising based on your online activities. Our Privacy Policy contains information on how you can access or correct your personal information, which entities we may disclose your personal information to (including overseas recipients), how to opt out of targeted advertising, and how to lodge a complaint.
We collect and use data about how you use our sites to improve your experience, analyse site performance and provide you with relevant ads. To find out more or to opt-out of targeted ads, please see our Privacy Centre
We collect and use data about how you use our sites to improve... Learn More
We collect and use data about how you use our sites to improve your experience, analyse site performance and provide you with relevant ads. To find out more or to opt-out of targeted ads, please see our Privacy Centre
Con Poulos
