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Recipe Tags: 60 Minutes Or Less Time To Make Course Main Ingredient Cuisine Preparation Healthy Very Low Carbs Appetizers Seafood Greek Easy European Low Fat Dietary Low Saturated Fat Low Calorie Low Carb Low In Something No Shell Fish Octopus

Octopus Meze

A traditional octopus meze to have with ouzo or wine.

Steps

Rinse the octopus under cold , running water and place in pot dripping wet.
Add the vinegar and garlic and cover the pot.
Bring to the boil over low heat.
It is tender when pierced easily with a fork.
When cool enough to handle , strip off suckers and reddish-purple membrane on flesh.
Cut the octopus into small tidbits.
And arrange on a platter , drizzled with olive oil and vinegar and sprinkled with oregano.
If you are going to serve the octopus another day , pack it in a jar or small tupperware bowl , cover with olive oil , top with 3-4 tblsps of vinegar and 1 tblsp oregano.
Give a stir.
Cover and refrigerate.

Ingredients

octopus, red wine vinegar, oregano, olive oil, garlic clove