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                       POLVO FRITO - FRIED OCTOPUS

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Seafood

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       kg           Octopus
   3                    Eggs beaten
     1/4   c            Milk

  salt and pepper to taste finely chopped parsley olive
  oil
  
  A friend born in Portugal supplied this simple and
  excellent example of Portuguese home-cooking.
  
  Precook 1 kg of octopus, drain and cool Cut it up into
  generous chunks. Beat 3 eggs, with a little milk salt
  and pepper to taste, and half a bunch of very finely
  chopped parsley. Coat the octopus pieces in the egg
  mixture and shallow fry in a little olive oil, turning
  them until are golden. Serve.
  
  From Meryl Constance' column in the Sydney Morning
  Herald, "Raw Materials". 3/2/93. Courtesy, Mark Herron.
 


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