Braised Octopus

Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 1 kg Baby octopus
• 12 Garlic flakes
• 2 tsp Sea salt
• 1 Cup sherry vinegar
• 1/2 Cup virgin oil
• 1/2 Cup honey
• 4 Carrots
• 3 Sticks celery
• 150 gms Bacon bones (sliced)
• 1/2 Cup raw sugar
• 1 Bunch thyme
• 1/4 Cup red wine

Cooking Instructions:

• Peel the carrots and cut into slices.
• Cut celery sticks into slices.
• Cut tentacles away from the head of octopus.
• Clean the octopus and rinse it.
• Cut octopus in half.
• Mix garlic, chopped ginger and salt.
• Prepare a paste.
• Stir the paste in vinegar and oil.
• Mix octopus with garlic mixture and honey in a separate bowl.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Heat the oil in a pan.
• Add sliced celery, carrots, bacon bones and salt.
• Cook over high flame for 5 minutes.
• Now cook over medium till they turn brown.
• Add sugar and thyme.
• Cook over high heat for 2 minutes.
• Drain the octopus and keep the marinade aside.
• Put marinated octopus in pan and cook over high heat.
• Now add stored marinade and add wine.
• Cook over low flame till octopus turns soft.
• Braised Octopus is ready.