Squid With Black Lasagna
- 400 grams Squid (cut vertically or washers, without their mustaches)
- 400 grams Black Lasagna
- 1 Onion (thinly chopped)
- 2 Garlic (thinly chopped cloves)
- 1 tablespoon Tomato Paste
- 4 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1/2 cups Red Wine
- 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 1/2 tablespoons Paprika (sweet)
- 1/2 teaspoons Chilli Flakes (spicy or sweet depending on your preference)
- 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons All Spices
- 1 teaspoon Butter ((optional))
- Salt
- Pepper
- Sesame (White and black seeds, just some to garnish (optional))
Fill the 3/4 of a big pot with water and start boiling it, to cook the lasagna.
Once it starts boiling, add half a teaspoon of salt and immediately after, the lasagna.
From the moment the lasagna is in the water, we cook for as long as the packaging recommends.
After that, we strain them and keep 1 cup of the water they boiled in. Leave them to the side until you are done with the squid.
Cut the squid in stripes and clear the mustaches, except if you have bought squid washers, straight from the frozen section.
We pat them well with some absorbent paper so that they have no liquids.
Warm-up a wide, short pot and add olive oil, garlic and onion.
Stir for a bit and continue by adding the tomato paste and squid.
Add some flavor with the spices, except salt which we'll be adding in the end.
Once their liquids absorb, add the wine, soy sauce and lower the fire just below half, at 4 or 5, depending on your kitchen.
Stir and, with a lid covering half the pot, let the food cook for 8-10 minutes.
Once 8-10 minutes are over, taste it and add salt according to your preference.
Add some butter and turn the fire off.
Let it rest for 1-2 minutes and then serve it on top of the lasagna.
If you want to sprinkle some white or black sesame on top.
- You need to be careful with the squid as you don't want it to turn rubbery. It needs just the slightest bit of cooking. Just to be sure, if you want, you could cook the sauce a bit (for about 5 minutes) and then add the squid.
- You could also add the lasagna to the sauce and mix them. In this case, cook the lasagna for 2 minutes less. You still should keep a cup from the water they boiled in, so in the case that the food turns dry, you can restore it this way.
- Alternatively you could use cuttlefish. It will turn out equally amazing.
I would suggest this impressive yet easy recipe for an Adult Birthday Party for 4-8 prs.
