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Octopus with short pasta

Name: Octopus with short pasta
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 1 kg octopus; 300 g short pasta or orzo; 2 onion; 1 tin tinned tomato / passata; 1/2 cups red wine; 2 bay leaf; 5 berries allspice; 1 tbsp tomato paste

⏱ 90 minMedium🇬🇷 Greece4 servingsLenten

Ingredients

octopus1 kg
short pasta or orzo300 g
onion2
tinned tomato / passata1 tin

Optional

red wine1/2 cups
bay leaf2
allspice5 berries
tomato paste1 tbsp

Assumed: salt, pepper, oil, water.

Method

Put the octopus in a pot with no water, cover and leave 15 min to release its juices.
Cut into pieces, sauté with onion and oil, deglaze with wine.
Add the tomato, spices and 1 litre of hot water; simmer 45 min.
Add the pasta and cook 12–15 min, stirring, until the liquid is absorbed.

Tip: The octopus softens in its own juices — don't salt until the end.

Nutrition per serving (estimate)

650kcal

49 gprotein

17 gfat

73 gcarbs

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