Toasted Octopus with Sweet and Sour Vegetables

A fantastic, tasty, and complete dish. Easy to make and will impress anyone in no time.
You can serve it as a main course or an appetizer, and with its aromas and colors, it will enchant all your guests.
Moreover, it is dietary so even those wanting to stick to a diet can surely enjoy it without doubts.
The toasted octopus with sweet and sour vegetables is accompanied by diced potatoes and carrots, but if you prefer, you can opt for celeriac and pumpkin depending on your tastes.
The octopus will be boiled first along with the vegetables and then toasted in a pan, and I assure you, you will be amazed by the taste and aroma.
But now enough talking, let’s put on our aprons and head to the kitchen.

Thought for you:

Toasted Octopus with Sweet and Sour Vegetables

Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Boiling, Pressure Cooker, Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Autumn, Winter and Spring, Summer

306.82 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 306.82 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 28.46 (g) of which sugars 8.00 (g)
Proteins 24.02 (g)
Fat 11.61 (g) of which saturated 2.22 (g)of which unsaturated 1.33 (g)
Fibers 4.26 (g)
Sodium 154.70 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 300 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

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1.76 lbs octopus
14 oz potatoes (or celeriac or sweet potato)
10.5 oz carrots (or pumpkin)
to taste salt
to taste pepper
to taste extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sugar (or erythritol or honey)

Tools

What we need

1 Knife
1 Pot
1 Bowl microwave glass
1 Pan large

Steps

To prepare

To prepare the toasted octopus with sweet and sour vegetables, the first thing to do is clean the octopus, which is very easy, just empty everything inside the head, remove the eyes and beak located right under the tentacles
Take a pot of water and bring it to a boil, as soon as it boils take the octopus by the head and dip it in the water up and down at least 3 times until the tentacles curl up properly. Then follow the instructions below for octopus cooking times and type, click here.
Once cooked, cut off the head and tentacles one by one and dry them with paper towels and set them aside.
Now for the vegetables: peel the potatoes and carrots
or depending on your tastes if you are taking pumpkin and celeriac,
dice them and boil in water with a bit of salt, or in the microwave for about 5 minutes.
Now that everything is boiled, dry the ingredients with a paper towel, take a non-stick pan and pour in a bit of olive oil.
Heat well and toast the tentacles and vegetables from all sides until they are colored.
If they don’t all fit in the same pan, do this in batches until all ingredients are finished.
Once everything is toasted, recombine them in the pan.
Deglaze with 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon of sugar or erythritol, mix well and let it all evaporate.
The toasted octopus with sweet and sour vegetables is ready, you can serve it hot or cold.