Italian
Roasted Octopus
by Gambero Rosso · 452K subscribers on YouTube
Roasted octopus served with osmosis pear, purple cabbage in various preparations, and a spiced sauce made from cabbage cooking water.
- Difficulty
- hard
Ingredients
19 items- PearsTreated in osmosis with vinegar, sugar, and spices overnight
- VinegarFor the osmosis liquid
- SugarFor the osmosis liquid
- Spezie per osmosiMixed, unspecified spices for the osmosis liquid
- OctopusPressed for a whole day in the fridge
- OilFor searing the octopus
- Liquido di cottura del polpoUsed for the mayonnaise
- Ras el hanoutMoroccan spice mix
- Purple CabbageUsed for sautéing with guanciale fat, for sauerkraut and for powder
- Grasso di guancialeFor sautéing the purple cabbage
- Acqua di cottura del cavolo violaUsed for the spiced sauce
- CinnamonFor the sauce
- JuniperFor the sauce
- Star AniseFor the sauce
- ClovesFor the sauce
- Bucce d'aranciaFor the sauce
- Bucce di limoneFor the sauce
- Polvere di cavolo violaFor garnish
- Petali di fioreFor garnish
Method
- Prepare the osmosis pears: make a liquid with vinegar, sugar, and spices. Submerge the pears and leave to infuse overnight. Then cut them into a spiral shape, remove the outer part, and make a hole in the center.
- Heat a pan until very hot, add oil, then sear the octopus for about one minute.
- Make an egg-free mayonnaise using the octopus cooking liquid and ras el hanout.
- Quickly sauté the purple cabbage with guanciale fat.
- Prepare purple cabbage sauerkraut.
- Make the sauce: reduce the purple cabbage cooking water with cinnamon, juniper, star anise, cloves, orange peels, and lemon peels until thickened.
- Assemble the dish: place the pear spiral on the plate, add dollops of mayonnaise, add some sautéed cabbage, add the sauerkraut, place the seared octopus in the center, sprinkle with purple cabbage powder, drizzle the spiced sauce, and garnish with flower petals.
Gambero Rosso
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