Seafood Salad with Octopus and Olives

Seafood Salad with Octopus and Olives

Try this Italian fish salad for Christmas Eve with octopus and olive taggiasche, a refined holiday dish and a great option for Christmas dinner!

INGREDIENTS

  • 28 oz cleaned octopus

  • pepper to taste

  • salt to taste

  • 2 washed celery stalks

  • 2 tbs olive taggiasche

  • extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 lemon juice

  • chopped parsley to taste

YIELD

4 servings

PREP. TIME

15 min.

COOK TIME

45 min.

TOTAL TIME

60 min.

Instructions

  • in a large saucepan boil salted water, add freshly ground pepper and dip the octopus three times, then let it cook in the water for 45 minutes;

  • drain the octopus and cut it into chunks;

  • cut celery into rings and put it into a bowl together with the octopus, 2 tablespoon of olives,  a little extra virgin olive oil, chopped parsley, pepper and lemon juice.

You can enjoy your Christmas Day salad warm or, if you prefer, let it cool in the refrigerator.

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