Tonights Dinner - Fresh Western Port Calamari

[James Duke]

An awesome session on Western Port today, and fresh KG fillets and Calamari for dinner

Something different and delicous for calamari instead of the usual fried rings.

Hope you like as much as I do -

Ingredients
500 g calamari rings
2 cloves garlic, crushed
4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat–leaf parsley
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons white wine
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 small head cos lettuce
Tomato vinaigrette:
2 large tomatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 sprigs fresh thyme, finely chopped
salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation method
1.Place calamari, garlic and parsley in a bowl. Add oil, wine, salt and pepper. Mix together, cover and marinate in refrigerator about 2 hours.
2.Tear lettuce into pieces and arrange on individual plates. Halve tomatoes, remove seeds and finely dice.
3.To make tomato vinaigrette, whisk oil, champagne vinegar, lemon juice and thyme until combined; add salt and pepper to taste. Add diced tomatoes and mix together. Drizzle vinaigrette over lettuce leaves.
4.Heat barbecue or preheat grill to medium heat. Cook calamari on barbecue or under grill about 3 minutes, turning occasionally. Place on salad and serve while hot.

barbecued calamari salad
*Marinate and barbecue 500 g (1 lb) calamari or squid rings as for main recipe. Tear 1 lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Thinly slice 1 medium red onion. Arrange lettuce leaves and onion rings on a platter.
*Finely chop 3 red capsicums and 2 cloves garlic. In a blender, purée capsicums and garlic; blend in 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Pour over salad. Arrange calamari on top.

[madfishman]

sounds great, with the amount of calamari out there i was running out ideas,,


so wheres the pic....preferably before not AFTER...

[bilby]

hmmmm might have to give this a crack, tastes good just reading it.
Bilby.

[cybertrouts]

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