Name: Insalata di Frutti di Mare alla (Ligure Ligurian Seafood Salad)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200 g/7 oz squid; 1 kg/2¼ lb mussels; lemon wedges, to serve; sea salt and ground black pepper; juice of ½ lemon; 90 ml/6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley, plus extra to garnish; 4 large raw prawns/shrimp; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups small raw prawns/shrimp; 1 kg/2¼ lb baby clams

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

The shellfish and crustaceans used for this delicious salad can vary according to availability, as long as whatever you use is perfectly fresh and sweet to the taste. Razor shells, queen scallops, crab or small chunks of monkfish tail all work well.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz squid
1 kg/2¼

Method

To prepare squid yourself, wash it carefully, rinsing off any ink that remains on the body. Holding the body firmly, pull away the head and tentacles. If the ink sac is still intact, remove it and discard. Pull out all the innards including the long transparent ‘pen’. Peel off and discard the thin purple skin on the body, as well as the two small side fins. Slice across