Octopus in tomato sauce in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Rinse the octopus, cut off the head, leaving only the tentacles.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the octopus in boiling water and cook over low heat for 1 hour.

3. STEP 3

   

   Preparing the sauce. Finely chop the onion and garlic.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour olive oil into a heated frying pan, add chopped onion and fry well over high heat.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add sugar.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add garlic to the onion.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add butter.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cut the pepper into large strips and add to the frying pan with the onions and garlic.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add tomatoes to the pan with fried onions, garlic and pepper. Simmer over low heat.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cut the hot pepper into rings and add to the pan with the sauce.

11. STEP 11

    

    Add cream.

12. STEP 12

    

    Remove the seeds from half a lemon and squeeze the juice into the sauce.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add salt and pepper to taste.

14. STEP 14

    

    Add Worcestershire sauce.

15. STEP 15

    

    Finely chop the capers and place in a frying pan. The sauce is ready.

16. STEP 16

    

    Remove the octopus from the pan. Cut off the tentacles.

17. STEP 17

    

    Place half of the sauce on the bottom of an ovenproof dish.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place the tentacles on the sauce.

19. STEP 19

    

    Cut the peeled potatoes into large cubes or rings. Place in the mold on the tentacles.

20. STEP 20

    

    Spoon the rest of the sauce over the potatoes.

21. STEP 21

    

    Cover the pan tightly with foil on all sides. Place in the oven for 40 minutes, set the temperature to 180 degrees.

22. STEP 22

    

    After 40 minutes, take out the mold, make a cut in the foil, place on plates, garnish with fresh herbs, the dish is ready! Bon appetit!