That of the walled octopuses (purple walled houses (in Sicilian) is a seafood recipe Fantastic with many meanings. Patience, surprise, and kindness are its main ingredients.
It is called "murati" because the lid of the pan containing the octopuses must never be removed during cooking. Furthermore, the pan used should preferably be made of terracotta and capacious, since the octopuses release an unthinkable amount of broth.
The walled octopuses are the “maiolini”, brown rock octopuses that have two rows of parallel suckers on each tentacle.
Ingrediants
- 1 kg of octopus
- 1 large onion
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Parsley
- 400 g of fresh peeled tomatoes
- 1 glass of white wine
- Sale
- Baby
Preparation
Clean them well octopuses removing eyes and beak. Slice the onion and let it brown with extra virgin olive oil, adding a glass of white wine and letting everything evaporate. After that, pour the peeled tomato in pieces, the parsley And salt And pepper to taste
As soon as it reaches boiling point, add the octopus and close the lid, keeping the flame high. When you hear the sound of it boiling, open the lid and stir, then cover definitively and cook on medium-low heat for About 15 minutes, without ever opening.
There soup The resulting broth produces a fabulous and abundant broth, which will also give you the possibility of using part of the sauce to season a nice spaghetti dish: after cooking the spaghetti, drain it two minutes ahead of time and finish cooking it in the soup.
