Octopus Cheesecake - Christmas Special -

Ingredients

Octopus cooked in its own juice NUCHAR (use 100 g chopped and reserve the rest in slices)

100g

bread

100g

garlic cloves

2

cream cheese

150g

Fresh herbs

50g

cooking cream

125ml

neutral gelatin sheets

3

Extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons

Salt and pepper

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OCTOPUS COOKED IN ITS JUICE 1 LEG +240g

Preparation time: 60 minutes

Rations: 6

Type of dish: Starter

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Prepared by

1-step Cheescale
1

Cheesecake base

Mash the bread together with the fresh herbs and finely chopped garlic until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. Add the necessary oil to allow the dough to compact. Place the mixture in the base of the mold, pressing gently.

3-step Cheescale
2

Cream cheese and octopus

Heat the cream and dissolve two sheets of gelatine in it; allow to warm. Add the cream cheese, the chopped octopus and a pinch of salt and pepper. Pour over the bread base and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Heat the octopus juice and dissolve the remaining gelatin sheet in it; arrange the octopus slices on the surface and coat with the gelatin. Refrigerate for 2 hours and then 1 additional hour to stabilize.

3-step Cheescale-2
3

Sauces and plating.

Orange sauce: Sauté garlic and onion, add the roasted peppers and mash with a dash of cream; adjust salt and pepper.
Green sauce: Mix minced garlic, fresh parsley and grated ginger with olive oil.

Unmold the cheesecake, decorate with both sauces. Serve with slices of toasted bread.

Plate finish

Serve with slices of toasted bread.

Tricks

Use bread from the previous day, if possible wholemeal or seeded bread. Present leftover sauces in small containers so that each diner can adjust the intensity to his or her taste.

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