Baby Cuttlefish

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    | Makes 8
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Robata: Japanese Home Grilling

By Silla Bjerrum

Published 2018

  • About

Cuttlefish is another shellfish in the mollusc category, in the same family as squid and octopus. Cuttlefish has the potential to grow to an enormous size, but is mostly found at the fishmonger or market at 500-700g (1lb. 1½oz.- 1lb. 9oz.) in weight, and 15-25cm (6-10in.) in length. It has an oval, cushion-shaped body with eight arms and two tentacles protruding from underneath its head. It is apparently a very intelligent animal, with the largest brain-to-body ratio of all the squid. In th