Octopus on Toast
Octopus on toast is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the octopus category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 800 g large pre-cooked octopus (1 large pre-cooked octopus)
- 6 garlic cloves (peeled)
- olive oil (cold-pressed)
- Salt
- Pepper (freshly ground)
- 1 lime (juice and zest)
- 40 g soft butter
- 12 green olives
- 3 Carrots
- 12 slices of white bread
Instructions
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1.
Wash the octopus and place it in a large pot with salted water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer gently for about 15 minutes. Let the cooking liquid cool for about 4 hours. Mix butter with lime zest and juice and refrigerate. Peel and grate the carrots.
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2.
Drain the octopus and cut off the tentacles. Brush the tentacles with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place under a preheated oven grill at 270°C and grill until golden brown, about 5–10 minutes. Toast the bread and rub with garlic. Arrange the toast slices on four plates and top with the octopus. Spoon 1 tsp of lime butter over the hot octopus and garnish with carrots and green olives; serve immediately.
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3.
Use leftover octopus to make a seafood salad or other dish.
