Calamari in Beer Served With Herbed Cottage Cheese Bread |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Calamari, my husbands favourite this recipe he put together we both enjoy calamari so here goes enjoy!!!!!!!!!! Ingredients:
100 ml olive oil |
6 garlic cloves |
2 onions |
2 large tomatoes |
2 bay leaves |
20 ml tomato paste |
salt |
fresh ground pepper |
1 5/8 kg whole baby calamari |
400 ml beer |
425 ml cake flour |
15 ml baking powder |
2 ml bicarbonate of soda |
125 ml whole wheat flour |
125 ml fresh mixed herbs |
15 ml onions |
5 ml mustard seeds |
250 g smooth cottage cheese |
350 ml milk |
50 ml butter |
5 ml salt |
2 ml tabasco sauce |
Directions:
1. Calamari in Beer.
2. Skin the tomatoes, crush the garlic, peel and chop the onions.
3. Heat 50ml olive oil, add garlic and onion.
4. Cook slowly, for seven minutes until onion is soft.
5. Stir in tomatoes, bayleaf, sugar, tomato paste, and salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for five minutes.
6. Heat remaining oil in a separate saucepan, cook calamari over high heat for two minutes. Reduce heat, add beer, cook 10 minutes. Add tomato mixture, cook a further 25 minutes or until calamari is tender.
7. Discard bay- leaf.
8. Serve warm with herbed cottage cheese bread.
9. Herbed cottage cheese bread.
10. Preheat oven to 180%c.
11. Finely chop fresh herbs.
12. Melt butter.
13. chop onion.
14. Sift flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together, and add wholewheat flour,herbs, chopped onion and mustard seed.
15. Add cottage cheese, mixing it in with a knife.
16. Combine the milk and melted butter and add to the flour.
17. Mix to a soft scone like consistency.
18. Add a little more milk if necessary.
19. Season with salt and Tabasco sauce.
20. Turn into a 250mm x 100mm loaf tin and bake for 60-75minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the load.
21. Serve while hot.
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