Calabrese Octopus & Green Banana Salad

Ingredients

• 2 green bananas
• 150g pre-cooked octopus
• 80g Korean radish
• 5-6 cloves garlic
• 3 radishes
• a little sage
• 1T red pesto (Pesto alla Calabrese)
• 10g butter

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Steps

1. 01

   Bring 600ml water and 80g radish to a boil in a pot. The diastase in the radish helps tenderize the octopus. Once it's boiling, add the thawed octopus, blanch for 1 minute, then plunge into cold water.

2. 02

   Trim both ends off the green bananas, halve them, boil in water, then peel and cut into bite-sized pieces.

3. 03

   Drizzle olive oil in a pan and sauté the garlic, then add the boiled green banana from step 2 and the halved radishes, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika powder, and sauté.

4. 04

   In a pan, add olive oil, 10g butter, and a little sage, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika powder, and sear the octopus from step 1 on both sides.

5. 05

   Spread the red pesto (Pesto alla Calabrese) on a plate, arrange the cooked octopus, garlic, and green banana on top, and sprinkle with chopped parsley.