Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Marinated and dressed with red wine vinegar and Greek extra virgin olive oil. Yum!!!

IMG_20200829_165532 by Gene Lugo, on Flickr

Served with Greek Style salad - home grown greens, sugar sweet Sungold tomatoes, local farmhouse red tomatoes, hears of palm, Greek green and black olives, extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice dressing.

IMG_20200717_112201 by Gene Lugo, on Flickr

Quixdraw Loc: x

Excellent! I've had Octopus in a couple of Japanese and Mediterranean styles, but never grilled. Would guess cooking time is critical and requires a sure hand.

John Lawrence

Delicious, healthy and well presented, Gene.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

That salad looks incredible, Gene. The colors make a lovely photo and it look delicious.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Thanks!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Thanks!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

It really was (is)!

Grilling is fairly standard prep in Greek, eastern Italian and Croatian kitchens.

Octopus is a labor of love - from freezing it to thawing it (for tenderness) then braising it in a red wine, red wine vinegar, black peppercorn, bay leaf, onion, carrot, celery and whole garlic clove court bullion for 90 mins, letting it dry in the fridge to tighten the skin (like poultry that you want to fry and have a crispy skin), then marinating it briefly in EVOO, and red wine vinegar for grilling. Set the temp on the grill to around 600° for a couple of quick turns on the grill, then served, drizzled with and a light mixed citrus and Spanish or Greek EVOO dressing, the salad and a nice, fruit forward red wine like a nice Spanish Rioja - I like Bodegas Riojanas 2015 Viña Albina Reserva with grilled octopus.

I've gotten lazy over the past few years. Costco sells a 500 gm package of cooked octopus, cooked sous vide and not frozen, which, at $17, is a bargain, when you factor in the loss due to cooking of a raw octopus, which is about 50%, and costs about $8-$9/lb. When it is in stock in November, we buy about 10-12 packages - which will be fine, unfrozen until May, and until the following November or longer if frozen when purchased.

It's one of our favorites around our house.

For the sake of journalistic honesty - the tentacles on the grill were two packages, 1 kg, from Costco.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Thanks!

amersfoort

That does look like a very fine meal.

Good photographic technique also.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Thanks on both! Lighting was overhead high hats in the kitchen, camera was a Google Pixel XL cellphone, style was run and gun (actually eat).

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Magnificent

Paul B. Loc: North Carolina

👍👍👍