Dinner. Live 2lb green sea bass and 1 pound whitling. 1/3Post yours.
>>22113483Beef burgers and shrimp. 2/2
Octopus & potatoes cold salad.There was fennel on the side, with evo oil and sesame seeds.
Quinoa, zucchini, red bell peppers and tuna fillets on oil.
>>22113486Octopus seems hard to make. Grilled?Looks good. It is so wet and cold and if pan isn’t hot, it just ends up boiling and not getting hot fast enough leading to germs and bacteria leftover.
Grilled octopus with its glazed fond on a purée of roasted pumpkin and scallions
>>22113483Making a meatloaf for dinner
>>22113483doesnt look very alive to me
>>22113492Nice.
>>22113498It was a live.
>>22113496You’re fat. You eating it in one sitting.
>>22113490>octopus hard to makeIt’s a legend spread by restaurants so people are scared of cooking that protein.Simply buy a fresh, cleaned octopus and freeze it for at least 3-4 days, or directly buy one frozen, at this point the internal fibres of the octopus are broken and it becomes easy to cook.Pressure pot, a bit of water, no salt, no anything, lay the octopus cleaned from the beak and the eyes (1 minute work piss easy) inside, close the lid and the valve, stove on high for 15 minutes (1~1,3 kg octopus) and then turn off the stove and let the pressure pot naturally release the steam. Open, transfer the octopus to a cutting board and let it rest until you can touch it without hurting your hands, then chop it.If you want to grill it, separate the tentacles and accurately dry them, brush them with olive oil and some aromas —> grillIf you want to pan sear it, do the same or even better cut the tentacles into round pieces then sear them in a hot pan with oil and some garlic.I suggest you to use a nonstick pan because the gummy skin outside will 100% stick to the stainless steel pan especially if you overcrowd it.>I don’t have a pressure potBoil the octopus in a tall pot full of water, don’t salt the water but you can add vegetables and pepper grains, also any aroma you like such as bay leaves, 30 minutes for 1~1,3 kg octopus but before removing it from the pan pierce the thickest part of the tentacles with a fork to check the doneness.
>>22113500Thank you
>>22113506>stove on high for 15 minutesI meant stove on high and count 15 minutes from when the pot starts hissing (lower the fire to low at that point)
>>22113506That sounds like steaming it which I think is a safer bet. Which is fine with me. But frozen has so much water release and too wet. Imagine putting a wet octopus on a pan. You seem to have experience doing it so good job. That’s why I stopped buying frozen squid, octopus or cuttlefish and the like.
>>22113505Nah, I eat the crispy nugget ends lmao
>>22113483I made Cajun tuna pasta because I didn't wanna go to the grocery store
>>22113513These fishes when frozen release a lot of water because of the broken fibres, but there’s a difference between using fresh fish that you froze in your home freezer vs commercially deep frozen fish from the store or the fishmonger because the latter (like my octopus) loses less water because the freezing process was way faster and the ice crystals are very small.Also you don’t cook or grill an octopus raw unless you’re boiling/steaming/pressure cooking it, with an exception which is braising.In that case you cut the octopus in small pieces and you stir fry it in a soffritto, then add some wine and once the alcohol has gone you cover with crushed tomatoes sauce and let everything simmer for 1 hour until your octopus ragù is ready for the pasta. ;)If you want to grill or sear the octopus as I described above, you have to start with a cooked octopus, so either boiled or steamed/pressure.
>>22113483It's raw. Is that how you ate it?
>>22113485is that frozen patty from the ice age
>>22113537> These fishes when frozen release a lot of water because of the broken fibres, but there’s a difference between using fresh fish that you froze in your home freezer vs commercially deep frozen fish from the store or the fishmongerOh..ok
>>22113562What’s the problem?>>22113537Steaming is safer. >>22113542I ate those fishes steamed.
>>22113483Do you have seafood with most meals? I try to but stick to fish
this thread feels too performative
>>22113908Yeah it is tasty past of my rotation of every meat. I have like 2-3 types of meat a day. >fishYeah. I prefer live fish though otherwise I’d rather eat shrimp. Hbu?
>>22113953Explain.
>>22113953it's Ai
>>22114030He means that it isn’t macdonalds.
>>22113483that doesn't look like a sea bass. that just looks like a largemouth
>>22113489winner
