How to clean octopus
The octopus is one big muscle. Than the octopus, that tough meat is larger. That meat of this cephalopod has turned out soft, juicy and gentle, it needs to be cleaned and prepared correctly.
Instruction
1. The fresh octopus has to possess dense pulp, have
sea fish smell, skin color – brown, and the white of the eyes has to
be transparent and white. It is recommended to buy octopuses up to kilogram, they have more gentle and soft meat.
2. Wash out octopus under stream of flowing water,
touch each feeler, remove all sand and residues of dirt.
3. Cut off the head a little below than eyes, remove
feelers, put them aside. Cut off eyes, by means of knife clean carcass cavity.
With force squeeze out beak, cut out it and you will throw out. Well wash out
the head cleaned from interiors inside and outside.
4. Skin from fresh octopus very difficult is removed.
Therefore cooks most often leave it, will not carry out heat treatment yet. If
all of you want to skin, boil octopus in water of 5-10 minutes, cool him, and
then skin cold carcass.
5. Now the octopus can be prepared or frozen for
storage. Experienced culinary specialists recommend to freeze always carcass of
octopus before preparation, it significantly softens tough muscular
meat. Put the cleaned octopus in the freezer and leave minimum for day, but it
is 2-3 days better. The water which is contained in structure of muscles of
octopus, turning into ice, will extend, breaking off nerves and rigid fibers. To defreeze octopus, he is enough
to be placed in the fridge for 6-10 hours.
6. From octopus it is possible to prepare huge number
of dishes. This meat is perfectly combined with onions, garlic, tomatoes,
lemon, olive oil, rice, wine and soy sauce. The octopus not only is good in
salads, he is magnificent as main course. For example, try to prepare shish
kebab from octopus or extinguish it in red wine.
Comments
Post a Comment