Grilled Fremantle Octopus with a trio of beans and sugo

Follow this simple recipe and enjoy grilled Fremantle Octopus  in your own home, coated in a bean and tomato sugo.

Serves 2

Cooking tip: Soak the beans overnight.

 

Ingredients

200gm steamed Fremantle Octopus
100gm kidney beans
100gm borlotti beans
100gm navy beans
4 tbsp olive oil
1 brown onion
2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cumin
400gm diced tomatoes
2 tbsp vinegar
2 cherry tomatoes
Salt and black pepper

 

Methods

  1. Pre-heat grill to medium heat
  2. Soak the beans overnight
  3. Cook beans in separate pots with salty boiling water
  4. In another pot, heat 2 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, garlic and cook for 5 minutes until soft
  5. Turn up heat to high and add cumin and sugar
  6. Add diced tomatoes, vinegar, and salt to the pot. Reduce to medium-low heat. Cook until tomatoes have cooked through and reduced to a thicker consistency.
  7. Fold in the beans, gently stir through
  8. Turn up the heat on the grill to high, brush cherry tomatoes with oil and place them on the grill. Cook until satisfied with charring
  9. Brush Fremantle Octopus tentacles with olive oil. Grill on high heat for 1.5 minutes on each side, or until satisfied with charring
  10. Served as desired

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