Croatian Dalmatian Black Risotto (crni Rizot)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g rice
• 1500 g octopus (better 4-5 small ones)
• 1 cup olive oil
• 100 g onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 200 g passata (or italian-style sieved tomatoes)
• 100 g parmesan cheese (grated)
• 30 g hard sheep's milk cheese (grana padano cheese)
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cups wine
• salt
• pepper
• 70 g fresh parsley leaves

Recipe

• 1 wash octopuses carefully and thoroughly, take out the bone, and ink-bags put aside. cut octopus into stripes.
• 2 finely mince garlic and parsley leaves.
• 3 mince onion and sauté it on olive oil. when onion becomes soft, add octopus, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, tomato, salt pepper and sauté it 30 minutes.
• 4 after 30 minutes add 1 cup of wine and continue to sauté it. when octopus become soft, add what has left of wine.
• 5 wash rice in two (cold) waters and add to octopus. cook rice according to manual time necessary (add water but count in the liquid you have already in a pot).
• 6 five minutes before ready add ink-bags. put ink-bags one by one to decide how black you want your risotto. cut hard sheep cheese into small cubes and add with ink-bags. this cheese will give the risotto rich and creamy taste.
• 7 cook for 2-3 minutes more and serve with grated parmesan cheese.