Antipasto di Pesce

December 1, 2009 | In: Appetizer

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antipastodipesceOh, this is one of my all time favorites seafood first course dishes. It translates to seafood salad. It is absolutely delicious! It is also very simple and easy to make. Buon Appetito!

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs of baby octopus
  • 12 oz of baby lobster tail
  • 1 bag of frozen calamari
  • 16 oz of cooked shrimp
  • 1/2 cups white wine vinegar
  • 12 clams (optional)
  • 12 mussel (optional)
  • For the sauce,

  • 2 lemons
  • 2 tbsp parsley
  • 2 gloves of garlic
  • 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 red pepper
  • 2 carrots
  • 3 stalks celery
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

Wash the fish very well and drain it.

Bring a pot of water to a boil, add the white wine vinegar, add the baby octopus and let it boil for 40 minutes.
Take the octopus out and transfer them into a bowl. Don’t be concern with the skin of the octupus. It should be dark purple in color.

Put the calamari in the boiling water and cook them for 15 minutes.

Drain the calamari, add it to the same bowl.
Cut the cooked octopus and calamari into bite size pieces.
Add the already cooked baby lobster tail and the cooked shrimp to the bowl.
Dice the pepper, carrots and celery. Add the vegetables, chopped parsley and minced the garlic to the bowl.
Add lemon, salt, pepper, and extra virgin olive oil.
Toss all together.
Chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Before serving, drizzel with more oil, sprinkle the plate with parsely and cut some lemon wedges.
I am sure you will enjoy this dish.
Buon Appetito!

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