Pulpo a Feira
(Spanish Octopus Galician stile)
2 kg octopus
sea salt
paprika
potatoes (optional)
Rinse and clean the octopus, freeze (if you don't, it will be hard as a rock.
Before freezers, to make it tender we used to "hit" it). Put water in a BIG pot
until it boils. With the help of a hook or any other instrument, put it in, and
remove it from the boiling water 3 times; then let it boil for 25 minutes. Test
with a spike its tenderness, and remove the pot from the heat letting it in the
water another 15 minutes.
Cut the tentacles (it's the only part you eat) in slices with some scissors,
place the pieces on a wooden bowl and add over it, salt, paprika and olive oil.
You can also place the octopus over slices of boiled potatoes.