Italian Recipes -
Stuffed Squid
(Calamari Ripieni) Recipe
Italian Fish
Recipes
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Stuffed Squid (Calamari Ripieni)
Recipe
Ingredients
6 squid, cleaned
thoroughly and skinned
45 ml/3 tbsp
breadcrumbs
15 ml/1 tbsp
grated lime rind
30 ml/2 tbsp
chopped fresh parsley
90 ml/6 tbsp grated Parmesan
cheese
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 egg, lightly
beaten
15 ml/1 tbsp olive
oil
Salt and freshly
ground black pepper
25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted
(sweet) butter
30 ml/2 tbsp white wine
4 tomatoes,
chopped
Method:
Chop the tentacles off the squid. Place in a
large bowl with the breadcrumbs, lime rind,
parsley, cheese, garlic, egg, olive oil and
seasoning and mix well.
Divide the mixture
between the squid and fill the body sacs. Sew up
the opening of each squid.
Heat the butter in a
frying pan (skillet) and cook the squid for 5
minutes until browned on all sides.
Pour in the
wine and add the chopped tomatoes. Season and
simmer very gently for 25 minutes. Lift out the
squid and discard the sewing thread.
Slice the
squid thickly on the serving plate and spoon
the sauce around.