Aromatic soup of chickpeas and octopus

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250gr. dried chickpeas
1 large whole octopus
a sprig of rosemary
a few leaves of fresh sage
2 carrots
1 Celery Stalk
2 small red onions
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

* The night before soak the beans covered with cold water. The next day, washed and peeled carrots, celery and tick the peeled onions from the dry leaves, drain the beans and transfer them into a pot with onion, carrot and celery, a few sage leaves and a twig of rosemary.

* Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer gently for about 1 hour or until chickpeas are tender.

* While the chickpeas are cooking, place a saucepan with water, the other carrot, onion and when it boils, plunge the octopus slowly so as to bring good to curl the tentacles.

* Bake for 40 minutes or until at least, raising the octopus with a fork, the head comes off from the tentacles. Then turn off and let the octopus nestled in its broth.

* Remove the herbs and celery and chick peas by immersion blender or a food mill to reduce the mashed chickpeas, taste and adjust salt.

* If the puree turns out too thick, you can add a few ladles of vegetable broth.

* Reheat in a pan on the stove a tablespoon of olive oil and, soon, and hot, roasted at high heat the tentacles and the head of the octopus for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper, turn around and cut into small pieces and add to chickpeas.

* Distributed into four bowls and decorated with some points of tentacle curled.

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2/14/11

Theresa111 says:

This is a treat for those who love to eat octopus!

2/23/11

quesadilla says:

Maybe I don't live in the same region as the person who posted this recipe, because I am having a very hard time understanding the usage of the English language used in this recipe. I'd like to try this recipe but for the life of me, I cannot figure out what the directions are telling me to do. I am just completely unfamiliar with this type of vernacular. Can someone please help me with this? I don't want to offend anyone, but I would need the whole recipe to be rewritten in English the way the Brits speak it, please. I am not British, but the Brits do speak English in a way that I understand a lot more than any vernacular. Thank you to anyone who can help me with this.

2/23/11

quesadilla says:

Oh, and can anybody tell me how you kill the octopus? Do you kill it the way you kill a lobster, by just putting it in the water and it tries to climb out of the pot until the water just cooks it alive, or is there a different way entirely? I've never cooked an octopus or squid before, so I don't know. Any YouTube videos I could learn this from?
Thank you so much for any help. :)

2/23/11

quesadilla says:

Oh, and how do you remove the suckers? Are there hooks that need to be removed, too? I appreciate any help. :)

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