Marinated Baby Octopus

Marinated Small Octopods

The rub is you must first be able to get small octopods, it isn’t easy so when they are on the market grab them with eight arms.

Having got them, if not cleaned, you will have to do it, not hard but fiddly, Slit the head and remove all of the gung then snip out the beak (a pair of those small curved scissors that you missus has in her pedicure sachet, CLEAN them FIRST).

Put them in a pan of water with a heaped teaspoon of Marigold vegetable stock , bring to the boil and boil for 10 minutes, they should be just done, anymore and they toughen up, if this does happen all is not lost. Pour out most of the liquid and slowly braise until tender.

When they are cooking make the marinade.

2 table spoons of EVO

1 tsp. of raspberry vinegar

2 tsp. balsamic vinegar

2 tbsp. white wine vinegar

½ tsp. each of thyme, rosemary, oregano, marjoram

½ tsp. sea salt

½ tsp. ground black pepper

Place this all in a container and mix well, when the octopods are cooked, remove them with a slotted spoon

 and put in to the marinade, mix well and cover.

 

 Put in the fridge, allow to marinade for 24-36 hours.