Azorean Octopus

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 lbs octopus
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 onions
• 1/2 cup parsley, diced
• 2 -3 cups red wine
• 8 potatoes, diced
• 2 tablespoons red pepper paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 dashes ground cloves
• 2 dashes pepper
• 1 dash salt

Recipe

• 1 cut the octupus in peaces or if they are small just take out the eyes and the inside of the head.
• 2 cook the octupus with the wine.
• 3 pour the olive oil and the other ingredients.
• 4 let it stand over low heat.
• 5 add the potatoes and wait until they are cooked.
• 6 you may cook the potatoes with the skin in a separate pan with garlic and red pepper pasete and serve together.
• 7 you may use the same recipe for big squids.