Fried Calamari

Ingredients

• 1 lb fresh calamari
• 2 cups milk
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 teaspoon garlic hot sauce (recommended -- Tabasco)
• 2 cups flour
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 eggs
• vegetable oil, for frying
• puttanesca dipping sauce, recipe follows
• lemon wedge, for serving
• Puttanesca Dipping Sauce
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup pitted diced black olives
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 3 tomatoes, diced
• 1 pinch chili flakes
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 lemon, zest of
• salt & freshly ground black pepper