Polvo à Lagareiro (Lagareiro-style Roast Octopus) with baked potatoes

Description

Polvo à Lagareiro (Lagareiro-style Roast Octopus) with baked potatoes

Recipe

Boil the octopus with garlic and onion for 45 minutes or until tender.
Take the octopus out of the water and cut into small pieces. Season with coarse salt, paprika and olive oil. Place in a roasting tray. Slice the onion in half-moon, chop the garlic and add to the octopus with some more olive oil. Check the seasoning. Take to the pre-heated oven for 15 minutes.
Wash the baby potatoes with the skin well, pierce them all over with a fork, season with coarse salt and take to the pre-heated oven at 180ºC for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven smash each potato slightly, drizzle with olive oil, season with garlic and take to the oven again.