Name: Grilled cuttlefish with new potatoes, sopressa piccante and green sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 18 small new potatoes, scrubbed; 1 small green chilli, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1 tbsp oregano, coarsely chopped; Finely grated zest of 1 lemon; 12 small cuttlefish, cleaned, hoods sliced open, tentacles reserved; 12 thin slices of sopressa piccante (see note), shredded; 3 tsp extra-virgin olive oil; Green sauce; 60 gm (½ cup) pitted green olives; 2 tbsp salted capers, rinsed, drained; 8 cornichons; 1 cup (loosely packed) flat-leaf parsley; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; Juice of 1 large lemon; 100 ml extra-virgin olive oil

Grilled cuttlefish with new potatoes, sopressa piccante and green sauce

Serve the charred cuttlefish with a classic salsa verde, sopressa piccante and new potatoes, and you've have an impressive entrée on your hands.

Serves 6

Prep

20M

Cook

20M

Total

40M

“I love the play on the grilled cuttlefish and the spicy sopressa here,” says Anthony Musarra of Melbourne wine bar Agostino. “And the green sauce is a version of classic salsa verde, which balances the dish together with the potatoes. You could use squid, prawns or fresh scallops also.”

Ingredients

18 small new potatoes, scrubbed

1 small green chilli, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 tbsp oregano, coarsely chopped

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

12 small cuttlefish, cleaned, hoods sliced open, tentacles reserved

12 thin slices of sopressa piccante (see note), shredded

3 tsp extra-virgin olive oil

Green sauce

60 gm (½ cup) pitted green olives

2 tbsp salted capers, rinsed, drained

8 cornichons

1 cup (loosely packed) flat-leaf parsley

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

Juice of 1 large lemon

100 ml extra-virgin olive oil

Method

1.Steam or boil potatoes until tender (12-14 minutes). Cool briefly, then peel and cut into 1cm-thick slices. Keep warm.

2.For green sauce, process olives, capers, cornichons and parsley in a food processor until coarsely chopped. Add mustard and lemon juice, and continue processing, slowly adding oil, until sauce is smooth.

3.Combine chilli, garlic, oregano and lemon zest in a bowl, then rub the mixture over the cuttlefish.

4.Heat a char-grill pan over high heat and a small frying pan over medium-high heat. Add sopressa and olive oil to frying pan and stir until golden (2-3 minutes). Keep warm in pan.

5.Meanwhile, grill cuttlefish until it just changes colour (1½ minutes each side).

6.Toss potato with sopressa and spoon onto plates. Thickly slice cuttlefish and place on top, then spoon over green sauce to serve.

Note Sopressa piccante is available from select delicatessens.
Wine suggestion 2012 La Castellada Pinot Grigio, Friuli. Wine suggestion by James Tait.
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