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Tapas: Calamares Fritos - Fried Squid
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This
recipe has been reproduced with the kind permission
of Proper-Spanish-Tapas.com
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site is the work of Steve and Carole who have retired
to the good life in Spain and are passionate about their
tapas.
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You
can’t go anywhere in Spain without coming across
tapas of fried squid. Forget the rubbery rings you may
have experienced elsewhere on your travels, properly
cooked, fresh squid is meltingly tender in the middle
and crunchy and lemony on the outside. Do give it a
go, but make sure your squids are fresh and that they
didn’t die of old age.
Ingredients
4
medium-sized fresh squids
3 tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
freshly-ground black pepper
a couple of eggs, beaten
olive oil (for frying)
1 lemon, cut into wedges
Method
- To
prepare and clean the squid, pull the tentacles gently
away from the hood. This should bring out the intestines
as well.
- Remove
and discard the beak, cut off the tentacles from the
gut and remove the soft bone from the hood.
- Wash
the hood and tentacles under cold running water. Pull
the skin away from the hood while doing this and discard
it.
- Cut
the body into rings of about 1 cm (½ inch) and the
tentacles into bite-size pieces.
- Mix
the flour, salt and pepper and coat the rings and
tentacles in the mixture.
- Then
dip them in the beaten egg and fry them in very hot
oil until golden.
- Remove
and drain on absorbent kitchen roll.
- Serve
with the lemon wedges and some extra seasoning if
desired.
Serves
4
Proper
Spanish Tapas
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