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spaghetti in pesto di carciofi con polpo

spaghetti with artichoke pesto and octopus

This is almost completely a ‘store cupboard’ dish, because I’ve used pre-prapared preserved artichokes in oil and octopus in oil (‘insalata di mare’, ‘seafood salad’ or similar), which you can pick up easily enough in many Italian delicatessens. Even my local Budgens in London (Jay’s in Crofton Park) has started stocking octopus in oil, and that’s what I used in this dish.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO DO
(scroll down for the full method)

  • prepare the igredients

  • drain the octopus

  • make the pesto

  • boil the pasta

  • combine pesto and pasta

  • add octopus, plate

spaghetti with artichoke pesto and octopus

INGREDIENTS

FOR FOUR PEOPLE

  • 2 tblspns black olives

  • 400g (14oz) Insalata di Mare (octopus in oil, jar)


PESTO

  • approx. 180g (6oz) artichokes in oil/water

  • 60g (2oz) grated pecorino/parmesan

  • 40g (1.5oz) pinoli

  • 20g (0.7oz)pistacchio kernals to blend, 20g to garnish

  • 1/3 clove garlic

  • EVO


PASTA

400g (14oz) dry spaghetti

/ linguine / tagliatelle


MANTECATURA (?)

none, simply combine using pasta water

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METHOD

Drain the octopus and cut into bite-size pieces if necessary. Allow as much of the oil from the jar to drain away as possible. For the pesto, use jarred artichokes either in oil or water (I used half of each kind) and pulse blend them with about half the total quantities of pinoli, garlic and cheese. 


Hold about a quarter of the artichokes in oil back for garnish. Add salt and pepper to taste and then add more of the other ingredients, a little at a time as you blend, until you get the mix of flavours you like. I like to throw in some whole pistacchios and some loosely broken up artichokes right at the end of the blending, so they remain more whole and give the pesto more variety of texture.

Follow the tips for Cooking with Pesto in the Technique Section and combine the pesto with the pasta and octopus. Serve immediately with lots of black pepper and fresh parsley.

NUTRITION per serving

  • KCAL: we're working on it!

  • Fat (g): TBC

  • Sat Fat (g): TBC

  • Carb (g): TBC

  • Sug (g): TBC

  • Fibre(g): TBC

  • Prot (g): TBC

  • Salt (g): TBC

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