Squid Stuffed With Spinach and Herbs

Greek squid recipe with rich rice and herbs filling.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Serves:
- Units:
2
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ingredients
- 2 lbs squid
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Filling
- 250 g spinach
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 finely chopped onion (small)
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped herbs (mix of spearmint, parsley and basil)
- 1⁄2 cup rice
- salt and pepper
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Sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 2 finely chopped garlic cloves
- 2 grated tomatoes
- 1⁄2 cup wine (white or rose)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
directions
- Prepare squid: remove intestine, eyes and the jelly bone from squid. Rinse well and cut of the tentacles.
- Clean rinse and chop spinach.
- Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté onion and tentacles for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add spinach and hers and sauté for other 10 minutes.
- Turn off heat and stir in rice, salt and pepper.
- Stuff the squid taking care not to overfill them and place in a baking tin.
- Heat olive oil and sauté onion and garlic.
- Add remaining ingredients and cook for 5-10 minutes.
- Pour the sauce over the squid and bake at 180°C/350F for about three quarters of an hour. Check the liquid from time to time and add more liquid (wine of water) if necessary.
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I'd been wanting to make this for some time, and when I saw cleaned squid tubes at the market, I picked up a couple. I did contact Awalde, who advised that the sauce also needs a cup of water. I used the fresh herbs I had growing in the garden - oregano, thyme, dill - but as I was going out the back door, one of the cats slipped out, and I ended up chasing him to the neighbors' yard. I saw a expanse of fresh mint, and plucked a few sprigs for the stuffing. I also used frozen chopped spinach, a real convenience. I divided the filling between the squid and closed off the ends with tootpicks. The squid fit very nicely into a shallow baking dish. The squid were perfectly done after 45 minutes at 350 deg and looked so very pretty sliced, with the green and white stuffing.2Reply