Calamaretti in Umido

Name: Calamaretti in Umido (Small Braised Squid)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 large ripe tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded and chopped; 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1 bread roll, made into breadcrumbs; 1 bread roll, made into breadcrumbs; 3 tbsp very finely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 garlic clove, very finely chopped; 600 g small squid, cleaned; a little milk, to cover

Small Braised Squid

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

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Ingredients

1 bread roll, made into breadcrumbs
a little milk, to cover
600 g

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Soak the breadcrumbs in a little milk to cover, then squeeze out the excess liquid. Cut off the tentacles from the squid. Chop the tentacles and mix them with the breadcrumbs, garlic, parsley and some salt and pepper. Stuff this mixture into the cavities of the squid, filling them about three-quarters full.

Heat the olive oil in a large pan and briefly fry the squid until they become sl