Ingredients to make Baked Octopus with Potatoes:
- 1 kilogram of Baby Octopus
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of fresh rosemary
- 8 units of yellow potatoes
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of garlic paste
How to make Baked Octopus with Potatoes:
- To start making the baked octopus recipe you must prepare the ingredients.
- Cut the yellow potatoes into medium squaresas shown in the photograph.
- Take them to a pot with water over medium heat and cook them for approximately 8 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat after this time.
- With this step we intend to precook the potatoes before putting them in the oven, hence it is not necessary to finish cooking them in water.
- Trick: Remember that you can use any other type of potato.
- It’s time to blanch the baby octopuses.
- To do this, put a pot with water over medium heat. When it is boiling, insert the tentacles of the baby octopus three times, following the same cooking process as a large octopus, with the difference that this type of smaller octopus only needs to be in boiling water for 30 seconds.
- Grease a baking dish with a little butter, add the potatoes to the bottom and the octopus cookedon top of them.
- Now, prepare theoctopus with potatoes dressing to give the recipe a touch of flavor. To make it, mix in a bowl the olive oil with the garlic paste, salt, black pepper and rosemary.
- Bathe the octopus and potatoes with the previous dressing and preheat the oven to 180 ºC. When it is hot, put the preparation in the oven for 10-12 minutes, making sure that the octopus does not overcook.
- Serve the baked octopus with potatoes recipe,decorating the dish with a few sprigs of rosemary and a little black pepper.
