Segment: Mediterranean Style Octopus on the BBQ
Episode: S3E5
Presenter: Peter Manifis
Air Date: 8thDecember 2019

Peter cooks one of his favourite dishes: octopus on the weber… very simple to cook and super tasty!

Ingredients

• A whole octopus
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Fresh chilli
• Curly parsley
• A pinch of capers
• ½ lemon
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Some Royal Blue potatoes
• Salt (for the potatoes)

Recipe

• Heat the weber BBQ for at least 15 minutes.
• Pull the whole octopus out and place it straight on the weber as it is - no salt, pepper or oil needed. Frozen octopus can be used too as the broken enzymes will make it even more tender.
• Leave the tentacles side down, close the lid, let it bake for about 15 minutes, then flip it over for at least another 10 minutes until it’s a bit charred on both sides.
• In the meantime, get the dressing ready: cut the garlic, chilli, parsley, capers, lemon, oil.
• Dice the potatoes, boil them in salty water, drain them and keep them aside.
• When the octopus is ready, slice it up and serve it on a plate with the potatoes. Drizzle the dressing on top.

Enjoy!