Mixed seafood salad

Recipes / Salads

Fresh seafood tossed in a zesty garlic and lemon dressing is a classic Calabrian recipe.

Recipe «Mixed seafood salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 125ml olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, crushed, 2 tsp drained baby capers in vinegar, 1 long fresh red chilli, thinly sliced, 1 tsp dried oregano leaves , 1 lemon, 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley, 300g cleaned baby octopus , 1 small squid tube, cut into 5mm rings, 12 green mussels, scrubbed, debearded, 600g peeled cooked prawns, Chopped fresh continental parsley, extra, to serve, Crusty bread, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 125ml olive oil 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 2 tsp drained baby capers in vinegar 
  • 1 long fresh red chilli, thinly sliced 
  • 1 tsp dried oregano leaves 
  • 1 lemon 
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley 
  • 300g cleaned baby octopus 
  • 1 small squid tube, cut into 5mm rings 
  • 12 green mussels, scrubbed, debearded 
  • 600g peeled cooked prawns 
  • Chopped fresh continental parsley, extra, to serve 
  • Crusty bread, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic, capers, chilli and oregano. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes or until aromatic. Remove from heat. Use a zester, or a vegetable peeler and a sharp knife, to peel and cut lemon rind into thin strips. Use a squeezer to juice the lemon. Stir the parsley, lemon rind and 60ml (1/4 cup) lemon juice into the oil mixture.
  2. Use a small sharp knife to cut baby octopus heads from the tentacles, just below the eyes. Cut eyes from heads and discard. Cut heads into 5mm rings. Cut the tentacles into quarters.
  3. Place octopus, squid and mussels in a steamer basket lined with non-stick baking paper. Place over a saucepan of boiling water. Cover and cook for 2-4 minutes or until squid and octopus are just cooked and mussels open. Discard unopened mussels. Remove one half of the shell from each mussel and discard.
  4. Combine the octopus, squid, mussels, prawns and lemon mixture in a bowl. Transfer to a serving platter. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with crusty bread.