Paté di Polpo

I tasted this sauce in Tellaro, the coastal town in the province of La Spezia where D. H. Lawrence lived and wrote his story of the octopus who yanked the pullcord that sounded the church bells of the town parish. With its use of a blender, this sauce may seem a bit nouvelle, but in fact it is an older dish whose sauce used to be pounded in a mortar. While I still favor the mortar and pestle for most sauces (certainly those based on herbs and nuts), the blender or food processor is acceptab