How to Cook OCTOPUS PASTA Like an Italian | Pasta alla Luciana

Pasta alla Luciana, originates in Naples, combining tender baby octopus with capers and black olives. The salty flavours of the ocean mixed with sweet tomatoes and the crunch of olives will take you on a trip to the Mediterranean. After tasting this dish in Naples myself recently I couldn’t get over the flavors given so few ingredients were used. Bring the smell of the ocean home and have some sourdough bread handy to scoop up all that rich sugo – alla scarpetta! 💯 Follow this link to read and print the written recipe: https://www.vincenzosplate.com/pasta-alla-luciana/ #octopusrecipe #pasta #vincenzosplate =============================================== INGREDIENTS: 500 grams Baby octopus 1oz 2 cloves Garlic diced or minced 25 pitted black olives 2 tbsp Capers in salt 250 grams Cherry tomatoes 0.55oz. Sliced in half Fresh parsley chopped 400 grams Large Rigatoni pasta 0.88oz. 1 Small can peeled tomatoes Extra virgin olive oil as much as required Salt as much as required Pepper as much as preferred METHOD: 1. Pour the peeled tomatoes into a large bowl. Crush them using your hands or a masher. 2. Put your pan on the stove and turn up to a medium-high heat before adding a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil to it. 3. Crush garlic and add to pan, letting it start to cook and become glossy. 4. Once it softens slightly add baby octopus and cover with lid. 5. Cook the baby octopus on both sides for a total of 10 minutes and stir occasionally. Cooking time may vary depending on the size of your octopus. 6. Add cherry tomatoes and allow to cook with lid for 5 minutes or until the cherry tomatoes are cooked and making love with the baby octopus. 7. Add peeled tomatoes to the pan and cook the sauce for 1 hour. After it has been cooking for 10 minutes, stir it and repeat every so often. 8. Next, cover the sauce with a lid and cook for 20 more minutes until baby octopus is soft and tender. 9. Add water to your large pot and bring to the boil on the stove. 10. Once it boils, add a generous amount of rock salt and boil the Rigatoni according to packet instructions. 11. Remove the lid from your pan, mix sauce with a wooden spoon then add capers, black olives, parsley, salt, and pepper. 12. Cover one last time and turn the heat down to a gentle simmer while your pasta is boiling. 13. Combine cooked rigatoni and sauce in a pan and mix using a wooden spoon, or if you can, toss through making sure all the pasta is lathered in the sauce. HOW TO SERVE: This pasta can be plated quickly. It isn’t about a beautiful presentation but instead, about enjoying the taste of this marvelous Neapolitan pasta. Make sure to add extra octopus and sauce with each portion. You can also do this using a tablespoon once the pasta is served into the dishes. Add a sprinkle bit of parsley as garnish and a drop of extra virgin olive oil to the top. =============================================== 📺SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL (IT’S FREEEEEE ;-) http://bit.ly/SubscribeToMyYOUTUBEchannel Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsSowAamCLJv-xeF9geXoA/join 🕴Here is the link to Buy my Merch (and the No Pineapple on Pizza T-shirt): https://www.vincenzosplatestore.com/ 📖Share it with your FOODIE friends on FACEBOOK 🍝Check out my website to get more recipes http://vincenzosplate.com/ 🌍Join my Small Group Private Italian Tour and discover the secret gems of Italy with me. Check out the itinerary and make sure you book asap (Only 10 spots available) https://www.vincenzosplate.com/italian-tour/ 📖LIKE Vincenzo’s Plate ON FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/vincenzosplate/ 📷FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @vincenzosplate https://www.instagram.com/vincenzosplate/ 💯 To purchase my t-shirts and more follow this link: https://www.vincenzosplatestore.com/ ✔LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT on my videos please. It really means a lot to me. ========================================================= ⏱️⏱️TIMECODES⏱️⏱️ 0:00 How to Make Pasta alla Luciana 0:26 Ingredients for Pasta alla Luciana 2:02 How to Cook the Baby Octopus 3:42 How to Make the Sauce 7:24 How to Cook Pasta 8:38 Combine the Sauce with Pasta 9:50 How to Serve Pasta alla Luciana 10:53 How to Eat Pasta, E ora si Mangia, Vincenzo's Plate ========================================================== 🎬 #VincenzosPlate is a YouTube channel with a focus on cooking, determined to teach the world, one video recipe at a time that you don’t need to be a professional chef to impress friends, family and yourself with mouth-watering #ItalianFoodRecipes right out of your very own kitchen whilst having a laugh (and a glass of vino!).