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Octopus cooked in Galician style, the recipe

Polpo alla gallega

Galician-style octopus, the recipe.
One of the octopus dishes that I like to taste the most is boiled octopus prepared Galician-style, a typical Spanish dish. It is very quick and easy to prepare.

Ingredients for two people:
– one octopus
– 2/3 potatoes
– extra virgin olive oil
– coarse salt
– paprika

Preparation:
First, boil the potatoes; take a couple of potatoes (preferably three that are not too large), rinse them well under running water and cook them, with the peel, in a saucepan for half an hour. To know when they are ready, just pierce them with a knife to test their softness.
At the same time, cook the octopus. To tell the truth, in my trusted supermarket, I found some very good pre-cooked octopus at a convenient price. But if you buy frozen or fresh octopus, you will have to boil it for a good while, from an hour to two in lightly salted water.

Once the potatoes and octopus are cooked, cut the potatoes into slices and the octopus (aesthetically speaking, it is better with only the tentacles) into slices too.

Arrange the potatoes on the bottom, with the octopus on top; drizzle with plenty of olive oil and sprinkle with coarse salt and paprika powder.

I heat everything slightly in the microwave because I like the dish slightly warm.

And the dish is ready to photograph and eat!

Polpo alla gallega

Polpo alla gallega

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 22.

Octopus is a very popular mollusc in professional and sport fishing. Fishing techniques are traditional and consist of using a bait called pulcina, which is sometimes used together with crabs and fish. Sometimes fresh octopus is prepared using the curling technique directly on the rocks or in special machines that allow it to be tasted raw. The curled octopus has tentacles in the shape of “curls”, dilated suckers and a characteristic “crunchy” consistency.
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Galician-style octopus, the recipe – Poulpe à la galicienne, la recette – Pulpo a la gallega, la receta – Polvo à Galega, a receita – Oktopus nach galizischer Art, das Rezept – Bạch tuộc kiểu Galicia, công thức – 加利西亚式章鱼，食谱 – ガリシア風タコ、レシピ
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A stage in the preparation of capers

Capperi sotto sale

A phase of the preparation of capers.
To tell the truth, these are not exactly the capers in salt that you were looking for. In fact, in my house, capers are preserved in vinegar. We add coarse salt as soon as the fruits are picked to reduce the water inside them.
Subsequently, after a couple of days in salt, we put them in jars in vinegar together with some leaves (yes, the leaves are also edible) and some fruit (I remind you that the caper itself is the bud of the flower from which a fleshy fruit similar to a cucumber then grows).
This is therefore only one of the first phases of the preparation.

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Capperi sotto sale

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

The caper (Capparis spinosa L., 1753) is a small shrub or branched subshrub with a prostrate-drooping habit of the Capparaceae family. The buds of the plant, called capers, are consumed, and more rarely the fruits, known as cucunci or caper fruits. Both are preserved in oil, vinegar or salt. The caper has been cultivated since ancient times and is widespread throughout the Mediterranean basin and in Western Asia up to Oman. It is spontaneous only on calcareous substrates: in its natural environment it grows on calcareous rocks, cliffs, on old walls, often forming tufts with drooping branches even several meters long. It is a heliophilous and xerophilous plant with very limited water requirements.
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A phase of caper preparation – Une phase de préparation des câpres – Una fase de preparación de alcaparras. – Uma fase de preparação de alcaparras – Eine Phase der Kapernvorbereitung – Một giai đoạn chuẩn bị nụ bạch hoa
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Some grilled sardines while they cook

Sardine alla griglia mentre cuociono

Some grilled sardines while they cook.
A classic preparation for sardines (or sarde). In this case it is not exactly a grill but a ciappa (as a stone, made of slate, used for cooking is called in my area).
Cleaned of the innards beforehand and arranged on the ciappa with a little coarse salt and that's it.

Sardines are small pelagic fish that belong to the Clupeidae family. They are highly prized not only for their flavor, but also for their nutritional benefits. Here are some interesting facts about sardines.
Sardines are rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins D and B12, calcium, selenium, and phosphorus. These nutrients are essential for heart, bone, and immune system health.
Sardines are considered a sustainable choice over other fish because they reproduce rapidly and are abundant in nature.
Sardines can be prepared in many different ways. They are delicious grilled, marinated, canned with olive oil, or added to salads and pastas.
The name “sardine” comes from the island of Sardinia, where they were once abundant. They have been an important food source for many coastal cultures throughout the centuries.

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Sardine alla griglia mentre cuociono

The sardine is often associated with the anchovy both as a lifestyle and as a way of consuming it and, sometimes, confused with it by the inexperienced consumer. In reality, the two species of clupeiforms belong to different families and have a completely different appearance. The sardine has a tapered body but is taller and more compressed laterally than the anchovy and on its belly it has a row of rigid and pointed scales (scutellum) which, however, do not form a true keel, as occurs in the sprat.
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Some grilled sardines while they cook – Quelques sardines sur le grill pendant la cuisson – Unas sardinas a la plancha mientras se cocinan – Algumas sardinhas na grelha enquanto cozinham – Einige Sardinen auf dem Grill, während sie kochen – Một số cá mòi trên vỉ nướng trong khi nấu

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