How to Make Squid Stewed in Tomato Sauce

Although they prefer to roast squid in Italia, there are delicious dishes with stewed squid. Italians catch a good deal of squids. Generally they come not large, but very tender and tasty. If you cook them right they are neither rubbery nor hard. An Italian tip: don’t remove skin squid, it will give the dish unique shades of taste.

Ingredients for Squid Stewed in Tomato Sauce

• Squid: 1 kg.
• Large tomatoes: 4-5 pcs.
• Garlic: 2-3 cloves.
• A few sprigs of parsley.
• Tomato paste 1 tablespoon
• Half a glass of dry white wine.
• Extra virgin olive oil: 4-5 tbsp
• Salt and pepper: to taste

Recipe Squid Stewed in Tomato Sauce

1. Cut the squid, remove the chitinous chine, the eyes and beak. Wash the flesh in running water.
2. Cut the flesh across in thick rings.
3. Pour some oil into a roasting pan, fry finely chopped garlic.
4. Add parsley and – in another minute – finely cut tomatoes, and tomato paste. Stew for about 5 minutes and pour in some wine.
5. Put in the squid rings, cover up and stew on a low heat for about 10-15 minutes.