Polvo à Lagareiro

Today we will suggest a regional dish from Algarve. Most of you must know this portuguese region for the fabulous beaches, warm water and weather but it has also a wonderful cuisine. Due to the fact that is near the ocean it is of course rich in fish and shellfish... It has also great soups or desserts made with typical ingredients like almond or figs.

Ingredientes:

• 1,5 kg octopus
• 1 onion
• 2 laurel leafs
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1/2 red pepper, 1/2 yellow pepper, 1/2 green pepper 
• 1 kg of potatoes
• parsley
• some oliveoil
• 1 small spoon of vinager
• salt and pepper

Cook the octopus for 35 minutes in the stewing pan with the onion and the laurel after seasoning it all with some salt and pepper. Remove to a big recipient which must have the right size to receive all the other ingredients and must be prepared for the oven (a clay dish is ideal).

Wash the potatoes but do not peel them. Peel the garlic and chop the red, yellow and green peppers roughly in stripes. Add them all to octopus recipient.
Chop the parsley and spred it over the ingredients. Season with some olive oil and cook it the oven for 35 minutes.

The vinager is used to season and add some more parsley to the plate if you wish.