RECIPE FROM SPAIN:

Octopus Salad

There's nothing better than fresh seafood, especially in a salad during the summer months. Buy a precooked octopus tentacle from your local fish shop (they are not expensive at all) to create a delightful, refreshing Andalucian style salad.

You will need:

2 pre-cooked octopus tentacles
1 small tin sweet corn
2 large tomatoes
1 Iceberg lettuce
1/2 cucumber
Tin Artichoke hearts in vinegar
1 small red pepper
1 small green pepper
Green olives
Olive oil

Method

• Wash the octopus tentacles and slice thickly

• Wash and dry the lettuce and slice

• Chop the tomatoes into large chunks

• Peel the cucumber roughly and slice thickly

• Wash and chop the green and red peppers into small chunks

• Cut the artichoke hearts into four

• Mix all the ingredients together in a large salad bowl, or on a large serving dish then add the sweet corn, mix again and drizzle with a little olive oil and top with the olives.

• Serve and enjoy!

Makes a great summer lunch or evening starter.