How to make grilled octopus or grilled octopus at home, a very easy recipe with a very tasty result.

Ingredients (4 people)

4-8 cooked octopus legs (depending on size and if served as an appetizer or main dish), extra virgin olive oil (Arbequina monovarietal is a good choice), fine salt, Maldon salt.

---

Elaboration

Spread the grill with olive oil and put it to heat. Being cast iron, it is not necessary to put the fire to the maximum, when it reaches the temperature it maintains and transmits it in a homogeneous way, cooking everything that is placed on it equally.

You can vary the temperature of the fire according to the thickness of the legs of octopus and the desired result, that is, if you want that during cooking do not lose much water, then harden a little, put the temperature a little higher than if you like a texture octopus harder and somewhat drier. It is important that they are marked by the grill, we already know that this browning, roasting, makes it a much more tasty snack.

Season lightly with fine salt when the octopus is in the fire, and turn the legs so that they are made all around.

---

Emplatado

When the octopus made on the grill is to your liking, serve it immediately on the plates, seasoning it with a thread of extra virgin olive oil and dropping some salt flakes. The garnish to accompany the octopus today has been avocado, sweet onion, cilantro and shichimi togarashi, plus a touch of a soft garlic mayonnaise. There are many other possibilities to accompany grilled or grilled octopus, but honestly, the way we like it most is by itself. Bon Appetite!

@lcdoreyes