With in zimino, a typical recipe from some regions of Italy such as Sardinia, Tuscany, and Liguria, represents a preparation with fish as the main ingredient accompanied by a kind of broth with spinach or chard and fresh tomatoes.
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The baby octopus in zimino is an easy and appetizing dish, a one-dish meal I’d say, because you’re almost forced to eat a nice piece of bread and it’s delicious!!
Zimino is a word with an etymology still uncertain, although it seems to have originated in Genoa before spreading to Corsica, Sardinia, and Tuscany. The term in Genoese would be azimin and in Corsican azziminu.
In short, zimino is a soup of either vegetables or fish! Having said that, zimino in almost all the regions of Italy where it is cooked, is a vegetable or fish-based soup, or a dish seasoned with this sauce. In Sassarese with this word they mean lamb or cow offal grilled.
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BABY OCTOPUS IN ZIMINO
The ASI kitchen
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4 people
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for BABY OCTOPUS IN ZIMINO
- 2.6 lbs baby octopus
- 1.1 lbs cherry tomatoes
- 0.88 lbs chard
- 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 1 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 4 slices bread (to be toasted)
- to taste chili pepper
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste salt and pepper
Tools for BABY OCTOPUS IN ZIMINO
- Wok
Preparation
Wash the chard under running water, then boil it in a little salted water.
Drain it well in a colander.Fry a little extra virgin oil in a pan with the crushed garlic and chili pepper.
Remove the garlic and add the baby octopus patted dry with paper towels.
Sauté for a few minutes then pour in the dry white wine and let the alcohol evaporate.
Now add the cherry tomatoes cut in half. Mix well, season with salt and pepper, and continue cooking until the baby octopus is tender.
In the last minutes of cooking, toast the bread until golden brown, which must be served to enjoy this regional dish even more.
Serve the baby octopus in zimino in deep dishes with the toasted bread perhaps also rubbed with garlic to enhance the flavor…
Enjoy your meal with the baby octopus in zimino! Annalisa
Advice and notes
On the blog, you can find other recipes, both first courses and second courses with fish, such as this collection of fish-based first courses and this other collection with fish-based starters, firsts, and seconds… I hope you like them, thank you!
