Salade de Calamars

Name: Salade de Calamars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: freshly ground black pepper; sea salt; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 seasonal lettuce, washed; 150 g rocket; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed, peeled and finely chopped; zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon; 600 g small squid, cleaned; bunch of lemon thyme, finely chopped; bunch of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The French Market

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2005

About

This warm squid salad is so quick and easy to make that it seems almost criminal to opt for the rubbery ready-cooked stuff you can buy in jars. Prepared fresh, the squid is creamy and tender on the inside, golden on the outside, and is irresistible served hot over the zesty salad dressing.

Ingredients

1 seasonal lettuce, washed
150 g rocket
4 tbsp olive

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Break the lettuce into pieces in a large salad bowl, and add the rocket leaves. Mix together the olive oil, lemon juice and seasoning in a small bowl and place to one side.

Combine the finely chopped garlic, parsley, thyme and lemon zest. Check that the squid have been properly cleaned and have no thin transparent film on them. Separate the tentacles and cut the body into rings. Heat th