Squid with Fennel, Spinach, and Sorrel

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Paula Wolfert

Published 2003

  • About

If there’s a fish dish that says “Cook me long and slow,” this is the one. Gentle, leisurely long cooking allows squid (or the more authentic cuttlefish) to spread its sweet flavor and reduces chewiness. Cuttlefish is the ingredient of choice here. Its sweeter flesh goes particularly well with fennel and sorrel. Imported frozen cuttlefish are very large; one can serve four people. Squid should either be cooked very quickly or very slowly. Long slow cooking will give you an especially delici