Stewed Squid

Name: Stewed Squid
Ingredients: 2 pounds Squid, cleaned and sliced into rings; 2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped; olive oil; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley (optional); 1 tablespoon chopped garlic; 1.5 cups canned tomatoes and their juice; 1/2 cup red wine; 2 dashes salt; 3 dashes black pepper; 1 pound frozen or fresh (but shelled) English shell peas; Polenta, Fregola, Pasta, Bread...your favorite starch or no starch

11 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2 pounds Squid, cleaned and sliced into rings
2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped
olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped parsley (optional)
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1.5 cups canned tomatoes and their juice
1/2 cup red wine
2 dashes salt
3 dashes black pepper
1 pound frozen or fresh (but shelled) English shell peas
Polenta, Fregola, Pasta, Bread...your favorite starch or no starch

Directions

1

Saute the onion in olive oil until golden.
2

Add the garlic.
3

When garlic is lightly colored, add parsley then tomato and wine.
4

Add the squid to the pot, a pinch of salt and a few grindings of pepper. Cover and simmer for 40 minutes or so.
5

Remove lid and continue to simmer cooking off some of the water to concentrate flavors and thicken the sauce a bit.
6

In another 15 minutes, check that the squid is tender-- and when it is-- add the peas and stir them. Cook just long enough to warm the peas.
7

Correct salt and pepper and serve over whatever fits your fancy. Enjoy!