Squid SaladLovely on a hot summer's day. |
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Ingredients for 4
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| Ingredients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 1/2 | ozs | squid | |
| 1 | ball | mozzarella cheese | |
| 6 3/4 | tablespoons | tomatoes (fresh) | |
| 1 1/2 | cup | green leaf salad (mixed) | |
| 1/2 | onion | onion (medium size, 160g each) | |
| 1 1/4 | teaspoon | hot chili paste | |
| 2 | cloves | fresh garlic (medium size, 3g each) | |
| 1/4 | teaspoon | salt | |
| 1/8 | teaspoon | ground black pepper | |
| 1 1/2 | teaspoon | olive oil | |
... and our white wine vinaigrette
Method
Step-by-Step Instructions
 | The squid I am using here is frozen. If you can get hold of fresh squid, even better. Take out the transparent, hard bit in the middle and cut the squid into slices. |
 | Add the garlic ... |
 | ... and the hot chilli paste. |
 | Add the salt and mix the whole lot together. Heat up some olive oil in a frying pan and add the squid. Fry the squid for no more than one minute (from frozen), less if the squid if fresh (45 seconds max). This is very important - if you fry the squid too long, it will get rubbery. As soon as the squid looks like in the photo on the left, it's time to take it out! |
 | To separate the squid from the liquid that has built up, tilt the frying pan first to one side so that the liquid and the squid collects there. Then tilt the pan back into the other direction - the liquid will collect there. |
 | Take a spatula and take the squid out of the frying pan and onto a plate that you have covered with a couple of pieces of tissue - this will drain off the rest of the liquid. Let the squid cool down. |
 | Finely chop the onion... |
 | ... and the tomatoes. I'm using cocktail tomatoes here for looks and taste. |
 | If you can get hold of small mozzarella balls, use those and cut them in half.. If not, take a normal size mozzarella ball and cut into chunks. Add some salt and pepper. |
 | Put the onion, tomatoes, mozzarella and squid into a salad bowl. |
 | Add the mixed green salad (lamb's lettuce, mizuna, lollo rosso and frisee - and yes, I've cheated and bought a mix from Waitrose) and the vinaigrette... |
| Mix it all together and enjoy! |